| Aromatic Dream Pillows |
From "DIY Crafts"
episode DIC-161 |
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It's trendy to use herbs and flowers to craft dream pillows. DIY Crafts host Vicki Payne demonstrates the technique. Materials:
Fresh lavender
Sweet hops
Dried mugwort
Bowl
Mixing spoon
Small canvas bag
Antique-lace handkerchief
Vintage-looking button
VelcroB. adhesive-backed hook-and-loop tape
Glue gun and hot glue
- Mix lavender, sweet hops and dried mugwort in a bowl.
- Spoon the mixture into a small canvas bag. Tie the bag closed (figure A).
- Place an antique-lace handkerchief right side down on your work surface. Center the canvas bag containing the herb mixture on the handkerchief so the corners match the midpoints of the handkerchief's sides.
- Fold the bottom corner of the handkerchief up over the canvas bag. Fold in each side corner and then the top corner to create a small pillow with an envelope flap (figure B).
- Apply a small square of Velcro adhesive-backed hook-and-loop tape to the wrong side of the tip of the envelope flap and the corresponding portion of Velcro to the pillow beneath the flap (figure C).
- Hot-glue a button near the tip of the point of the envelope flap (figure D ).
- Tuck the dream pillow inside the pillowcase of a bed pillow. The weight of your head will release the herbs' aromas. Dream pillows should last about a year.
Variation: - Try this aromatic mixture to add creativity to your dreams: Mix pine needles, dried rose petals, lavender, mugwort, just a few French marigold petals, whole cloves and half a cinnamon stick.
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