Herbal Dream Pillows: Dreaming The Night Away

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From the Family, Home and Garden

 

 

Dream Pillows: Dreaming The Night Away

BY PIONEER THINKING Dream pillows have been around for many many

years, it was common place for our grandmothers to stitch up a

headache pillow to erase the pain of headaches or have a dream

pillow on every bed filled with natures bountiful herbs and flowers.

 

Materials:

100% Cotton or Silk Fabric 5 " x 5 " (or slightly larger if you

wish)

Mesh bag for herbal insert (muslin is a perfect type of fabric

for this project)

Herbs & Flowers:1 part Rose Petals, 1 part Dried Chamomile, 1

part Dried Lavender

Essential Oils : choose any of the following - Yarrow,

Sandlewood, Jasmine, Geranium, Basil, Lavender[my choice],

Peppermint [careful, some say it wakes you]or Rose. 5-7 drops.

2 teaspoons Orris Root (fixative to retain scents)

Needle & Thread

Velcro

Pillow stuffing

 

Directions:

1. Cut your fabric into 2 pieces, one for the top of the pillow, the

other for the bottom.

 

2. Sew the pieces together with the wrong side of the fabric on the

outsides.

 

3. Sew 3 sides together then turn inside out so right sides are now

showing. 4. Fill a mesh bag with the mixture of the flowers,

herbs, orris root, and a few drops of essential oil, tie off with a

string.

 

5. Place inside your pillow form and fill with pillow

stuffing...don't overpack as it needs air circulation to release

some of the scents. 6. Finish pillow off by adding velcro to the

open end of the pillow, this will allow you access to change the

herbs and flowers when needed or to wash the pillow itself.

Its best to keep the pillow in a flat shape not round. It will be

inserted into a regular pillowcase for a scentsational nights sleep.

" Sweet Dreams "

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Be careful with too much orris root, this is a

sensitizer and should not be inhaled.

 

Melly