Dreaming of a New Year

To help us all have pleasant dreams for the New Year, I thought perhaps we could have dream pillow swap!

You will make one (1) dream pillow for your partner. Everyone will have one partner.

Dream Pillows taken from http://www.craftbits.com/viewProject.do?projectID=177

EDITED: If you don't sew, you can hot glue or fabric glue your dream pillow. OR you can purchase a little pillow and embellish it and add the scents to it.

Materials Needed

• 2 pieces of material, any size or shape
• Herbs and Spices or Lavender
• Stuffing
• Needle
• Thread
• Essential oils

Dream Pillows were pillows filled with rose petals or flowers for maiden's to lay their head on.

Dream pillows have been used for years to help promote sleep and for other medicinal purposes.

Make your pillows any where from 2.5inch (5cm) square to a normal sized pillow.

You could make your pillow, square, round, shaped like a cloud, or shaped like a whimsical fairy or star.

If you are adding lavender (for insomnia) or adding other herbs or spices, you may want to give them an added boost my adding a few essential oil droplets to the dried herbs or lavender. You may wish to consult your partner to see if they have any allergies before adding herbs and/or oils.

To make your dream pillow take your two pieces of material, that have been cut into your selected size or shape.

Stitch along three sides of the material, then turn it right the side out. Leave a opening big enough to add your herbs and stuffing.

Once your pillow is full but still soft giving the herbs room to breath, stitch up the opening.

To refresh the scent of your pillow after several weeks, simple add a few drops of essential oils to the outside of the pillow.

For gift giving place them into a pretty organza bag with a home made tag.