Rice bags

[Guest guest]

I have been making heat bags for years, and fill them with wheat. I use

corduroy for the bag and use a pillow slip as a size guide. Fold it in half

long ways and sew up 2 sides, turn it in the right way and fill it with

just about 1 kilo of wheat, then sew up the remaining side. I then sew along

the open side and zip around the whole bag once again - I think this is a

French seam?

Anyways, I love using the cord to make my bags, as it seems to keep the

heat in better . I have made many of these and once had the onerous task of

making 50 for a rest home. They were not allowed to use hot water bottles in

case the patients decided to undo them. I guess the wheat would be very

similar to rice, just another idea.

Jeanine