How to make a lavender eye pillow

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Everyone in my family loves a soothing lavender eye pillow, used cool for headache relief or tension, or warm for muscle stiffness. I’ve tried to make this easy enough for a beginning seamstress! Let me know if anything is not clear!

Personally, I love using an eye pillow when I take a nap or after a yoga session.

Details: Lavender eye pillows can be used cool or warm. You can simply throw rice in a cotton sock, and tie the end shut. But, if you want to give them as gifts, (they make a great gift,) or love the hygge way, you might want to choose a cotton print or even a lovely linen. And guess what? You can use upcycled fabric, or new!
For the following instructions, I have a fat quarter of orange batik fabric, and scraps of cotton flannel. Let’s get started.


You will need 2 rectangles of fabric 5x11”, 1 1/2 cupswhite rice or flaxseed, and 1/2 cup dried lavender buds.

1. Cut 2 pieces of fabric, 5” x 11” . My boys use these so I cut them a little bigger than I used to! It’s not critical.

1. Cut 2 pieces of fabric, 5” x 11” . My boys use these so I cut them a little bigger than I used to! It’s not critical.

2. Take one rectangle and lay it on top of the other, right sides together.

2. Take one rectangle and lay it on top of the other, right sides together.

3. Sew around 3 sides, with a short stitch so your seeds don’t sneak through, and a 3/8” seam allowance. Secure the beginning and end with backstitching. Trim the 2 corners, being careful not to clip through stitching.

3. Sew around 3 sides, with a short stitch so your seeds don’t sneak through, and a 3/8” seam allowance. Secure the beginning and end with backstitching. Trim the 2 corners, being careful not to clip through stitching.

4. Turn the pillow inside out, and turn the unstitched end 1/2” and press.

4. Turn the pillow inside out, and turn the unstitched end 1/2” and press.

Now, it’s ready for your lavender and flaxseed filling. You can also use white rice.

Now, it’s ready for your lavender and flaxseed filling. You can also use white rice.

You can fill your lavender pillow with flaxseeds or white rice.

You can fill your lavender pillow with flaxseeds or white rice.

6. You might have a funnel, or you might do like I do and make an impromptu funnel out of a pattern on your cutting table! Pour the flaxseeds and lavender into your pillow rectangle.

6. You might have a funnel, or you might do like I do and make an impromptu funnel out of a pattern on your cutting table! Pour the flaxseeds and lavender into your pillow rectangle.

7. Stitch across the open end, backstitching at the beginning and the end.

7. Stitch across the open end, backstitching at the beginning and the end.

That’s it! Your lavender flaxseed (or rice) eye pillow is ready to use!

That’s it! Your lavender flaxseed (or rice) eye pillow is ready to use!

Store in a sealed ziploc bag to keep it clean. I keep one in the freezer for a soothing aromatherapy pillow over my eyes. You can also set the lavender flaxseed pillow on a clean plate and microwave it 15-30 seconds. Every microwave is different, so…

Store in a sealed ziploc bag to keep it clean. I keep one in the freezer for a soothing aromatherapy pillow over my eyes. You can also set the lavender flaxseed pillow on a clean plate and microwave it 15-30 seconds. Every microwave is different, so try 15 seconds at a time. This is one of my favorite things for a stiff neck.

Try this and let me know if I can improve the instructions!
If you make one use the Instagram hashtag #prairiewomanartsfriends so I see it!

Thanks for stopping by!

Your friend,

Anne Dovel