Rice Bags
12-24-2010, 05:03 PM
#51
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oh i live with the one i got at J C Penneys many yrs ago and have another that wraps over my shoulders too.
i bought a shorter version of one at a craft fair and gave it to a friend this Christmas along with a quilt i'd made her.
i bought a shorter version of one at a craft fair and gave it to a friend this Christmas along with a quilt i'd made her.
12-24-2010, 06:14 PM
#52
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I have made several and have never noticed a bad smell from rice bags. Could you be overheating it? I know most instructions say two minutes, but one is plenty (the rice stays warm for quite a while). Just use plain white rice, not parboiled, and the cheapest you can find. Aside from that, maybe add some spices, like cinnamon stick pieces and/or whole cloves or allspice.
12-24-2010, 06:17 PM
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Put some in a glass or ceramic bowl and try heating them in the MW. If you have one of the newer MWs, though, shorten the heating time, because the wattage is so much higher than for the older ovens. Overheating is a real problem, if you're not aware of that.
12-24-2010, 06:18 PM
#54
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Originally Posted by Pam B
You should try heating the buckwheat shells and let us know if it works ok. I still use my rice bag...I just ignore the odor. But, I know that nobody else uses theirs.
12-24-2010, 08:23 PM
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I have been making these for a long time. I started out using soy beans but they scorch easy. The rice makes a moist heat. Now I usually use a combo of rice, lentils, flax and lavender. I love the lavender smell and it is supposed to be soothing. I grow my own lavender so it is "cheap" and I can use as much as I like. I even sewed darts in 2 so they fit on my knees.
12-24-2010, 08:42 PM
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Originally Posted by mrspete
I just got home from visiting at my favorite nursing home. While there a friend who knows I piddle in the sewing theme asked me if could make some rice bags. I just stood there with a blank. She showed me a nice little hand made flannel bag with rice inside. She says they heat it in the microwave and wrap it in toweling and put in whereever the complaint......they are so neat. My sore neck is getting one in just a few minutes. Have y'all heard of them? they would be neat with an extra slip of fabric for the hands to slip into. I'm excited and these would be nice for nursing home gifts. Just wanted to talk about it. I'm a happy fabric person.
Blessings,
Ruth
Blessings,
Ruth
12-24-2010, 08:45 PM
#58
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I make 'corn hole' bags for the game corn hole & people have asked me if you could use them for heating pads. I was a little concerned about the fabric getting too hot??? would you use flame retardant fabric?
12-24-2010, 08:54 PM
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I just made them as hand warmers for the "little" cousins. I cut 4x4 squares of cotton and folded them in half and sewed all the way around leaving 3/4 inch open to turn them and added heaping 1/2 cup of rice sewed shut and stuffed into a fleece "pillowcase" 1-2 minute in the microwave and they are good for pockets for heating little hands after snowmen and snowball fights. I also made some larger ones for the truck drivers in the family to use to warm the fingers when they had to unload freight by hand. They were greatly appreciated!
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