Rice bags
11-17-2010, 07:20 PM
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Make an inside muslin bag and make "pockets" for the rice if
you want it to stay evenly distributed. If you don't care, or want to have the rice form to a body part, don't make small pockets. The outside cover can be made with fleece or cotton, sewn shut on three sides and velcro'd on one for easy innerds removal. I have used both rice and buckwheat
for fillers. The fleece will give you more of a moist heat.
you want it to stay evenly distributed. If you don't care, or want to have the rice form to a body part, don't make small pockets. The outside cover can be made with fleece or cotton, sewn shut on three sides and velcro'd on one for easy innerds removal. I have used both rice and buckwheat
for fillers. The fleece will give you more of a moist heat.
11-17-2010, 07:24 PM
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Originally Posted by jan22
My mother is 95 and in a care home. She complains that her feet are always cold. I was wondering how I could make a rice bag for her feet. Would it work if I could make a square or oblong one and put ties on each corner so it could be wrapped around her feet after heating in the microwave. A filler with a removable cover for washing. I need to experiment a little I guess.
feet! I didn't have my coupons with me, or would have gotten a pair for my daughter who always has cold feet. If I remember
correctly, they were $19.99. The part that warms/cools has to
be removed before washing the slipper, and sounds like a good
gift to me.
11-17-2010, 07:29 PM
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We have been making/using these for years. They are excellent for joint/arthritic pain. We use flannel/denim/anything not poly/metallic and fill the bags with wheat. Very comforting in cold weather.
11-17-2010, 07:41 PM
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Originally Posted by mamadi1
Hi I make mine with feeding corn & use fleece you get a moist heat you can make them any size
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11-17-2010, 08:42 PM
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Originally Posted by Pinkiris
Originally Posted by mamadi1
Hi I make mine with feeding corn & use fleece you get a moist heat you can make them any size
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11-18-2010, 12:09 AM
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I have one I bought at a church craft fair and was I glad I did as my eye doctor said I had dry eye. She told me to go home heat it for a minute wrap it with plastic wrap then and warm wet wash cloth put it on my eye for 10 -20 minutes. This would help open up my tear ducts so eyes would make more tears. It's made of white cotton with a flannel cover you can remove for washing and rice in side. I've also used it for sore muscles.
11-18-2010, 05:30 AM
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Originally Posted by jan22
My mother is 95 and in a care home. She complains that her feet are always cold. I was wondering how I could make a rice bag for her feet. Would it work if I could make a square or oblong one and put ties on each corner so it could be wrapped around her feet after heating in the microwave. A filler with a removable cover for washing. I need to experiment a little I guess.
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