Crafts: Bedding Aromatic Dream Pillows

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Antique lace adds charm to aromatic dream pillows designed to help you sleep better at night. Figure A Figure B Figure C Figure D

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

1. Mix lavender, sweet hops and dried mugwort in a bowl.

2. Spoon the mixture into a small canvas bag. Tie the bag closed (figure A).

3. 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.

4. 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).

5. 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).

6. Hot-glue a button near the tip of the point of the envelope flap (figure D ).

7. 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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	Aromatic Dream Pillows
	Bedroom-Accessories Stamping Project
	No-Sew Quilts
	Easy Appliqued Bed Linens
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