It’s bloody freezing right now, and I’m forcing myself to go outside and walk to the gym. It’s sheer madness I know. It has forced my hand though to get on and make some microwavable rice pack because it’s cold and I’m aching.
I bought a fat quarter of fabric for £2.85, and a 500g bag of rice for 88p. I already had a little bottle of what I thought was lavender essential oil but was actually lavender massage oil.
I cut the fat quarter into a piece that was 32 x 58 cm (I just eyeballed the size I wanted).
I folded it in half longways right side together. Then I sewed closed two sides, and about a third of the way along the third side.
I turned it inside out, so right way out really. Then poured in the rice, and a few drops of the lavender. Then I hand sewed the open side using my terrible version of slip stitch. I was worried that my hand sewing wouldn’t be strong enough and rice would explode everywhere but so far so good.
I put mine in the microwave for two mins and it came out very hot, so I think 1min 30secs might be better. I did notice it didn’t keep it heat as long as a hot water bottle, although if you spend four hours trying to pose with it and take pictures for your blog then what do you expect?
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