For Those Cold Winter Days...

For those cold winter days, poorly tummies or just to relax...everyone needs a 'Wheatbag'. My sister is a figure skater and she has always had one to soothe those aches and pains.

Unfortunately on a recent visit to me, I may or may not have burnt the corner of her beloved 'Wheatbag' in my very old microwave, as a result it started to leak wheat. So with my new snazzy sewing machine, I decided to make her a new one.

I didn't follow a pattern or tutorial for this, it was super easy and literally took me half an hour; but I will give you a quick lesson.

You can make them any size you want, I plan on making some mini ones that you can slip into wellies or coat pockets and also pop into the freezer to use as a cold compress. 

You will need:

2 pieces of your chosen fabric (same size)

The same amount of towelling or fleece as your chosen fabric

Wheat, Rice or Lentils 

Method: 

Lay your fleece or towelling on the wrong side of your fabric, sew all four edges. Repeat with second piece of fabric. 

Now with your 2 pieces of fabric right sides together, sew three of the four sides. 

Now turn right sides out, you should have a little towelling/fleece lined bag. 

As you can see in the picture in above, I have sewn two lines, splitting the bag into three, this just stops all the grains moving around too much. 

Now fill each section with your chosen filling , fold the ruff edges at the top into the bag and iron in place, now stitch the top closed, do two rows of sticking to make sure no filling leaks out. 

TA-DA your finished! You can pop it in the microwave to heat up!