What a great idea!! Well done!!*

Lovely idea and your designs match just great

really nice idea

Very pretty designs.

Very nice.

Very pretty

I could use one right now, been embroiding all night and my back need some TLC. You have a lovely idea and the pads look great!

Thanks, I hadn't thought of making pouches, it's a great idea...And you can change designs often to suit your mood of the day....

Great gift idea.

Excelent fun project to make when you want to embroider something as a gift. Is your outer pouch fleece? You have done a very good job.

nice work*

Lovely project. The only heating pads I saw were much larger, but this size makes a fun gift. Thanks for sharing!

Lovely designs, well done!!

Very nice! You are very creative!!!

These look great!!! well done. Cheers Claire

Great idea Quail - I love these - my MIL makes something similar but not with such beautiful designs. Great to have around when you have a sore head or muscles. Love and blessings Chris

lovely flowers

Just wonderful... (((HUGS))) & Flower 4U...
Sam :)

Terrific idea quail thanks for posting *4U

heel mooi gedaan !

lovely collection!

Very nice and love the designs.

These r wonderful! Especially for achy old people like me *4U

A wonderful idea ! Love it !

I really like this ideal where would you find the direction for use? you did a great job!!

Yes I did search and found your tag thank you I will make a set love new ideals

These are beautiful.

Could I have your directions?

i have a big rice bag and just love it but you have taken it to a new level with the embroidery on there very nice

I have looked all over for your directions. Would love to have them along with the note you enclose for heating. They are great! Thanks for sharing!

nice!! Where did you get the lavender from

Can you share the instructions for heating that you put in with the heating pad. This is a wonderful idea. a lovely and useful gift. You did a great job. Sara

I also would love to get your instructions on use for these and where you got the lavender buds. Thanks for sharing--very beautiful. Kathie

Lovely job!
Thank you for posting the photo;
*4u!
Jacqueline

Very nice. I like the fleece outside with the designs on them.

These are really nice! What are the instructions for their usage?

I just love these, they would make great gifts. Is there any way we could get the pattern from you. Also could you tell us where you got the lavendar?
Thanks
Bobbie

Cite, where do you get lavender buds? Health food store?? ans how do you mix rice, ratio?

This is such a great idea. I found some instructions at http://tipnut.com/make-your-own-microwave-heating-pad/ if anyone is still looking.

Nancy

I make and use these all the time, but I use old pillowcases for the covering, because I'm too lazy to make myself something pretty, I guess. You just put them in the microwave, dry, never wet them. The time depends on how much rice is in the bag, and how powerful your microwave. Mine usually have 2 cups of rice, and I heat them for a minute, then if it's not hot enough another :30. Better to not heat enough at first, because too much and you can scorch the material, just like an iron would. Also, just heat the muslin bag, NOT the fleece or covering. If you get it too hot accidentally, you can melt that fleece. And, make sure your microwave is clean. Look before you leap, because if you accidentally put the bag on some spaghetti splatter your DH left in the oven, you'll have a mess!! Hee hee hee, ask me how I know this one, hee hee hee. You can make these any size, it's just a muslin bag. For the larger ones, like for my back, I put the rice in, move it out of the way, and run a couple of lines of stitching, dividing the filled bag into thirds. That way, all the rice doesn't end up at one end. Hope this helps, hugs, Marji

I am so sorry, I just saw all these requests today. When people were asking in January, I was busy with the news of a sister-in-laws medical problems, and wasn't on the computer much. This is how I make these. I take a piece of fleece to fit my 4X4 hoop. I use a stabilizer also. I then embroider a design of my choice, but before I remove the fleece from the hoop, I trace around the inside of the hoop with a air erase marker. This gives me the perfect placement for when I sew it out. I then remove the fleece from the hoop and using my sewing machine, I stitch on the air erase line I made. I then take two other pieces of fleece, finish the edges and overlap them as when you make a pillow. I put the pieces right sides together and using the line I sewed on the original embroidered fleece as a guide, I sew it all together. I insert the muslin lavender bags that I made previously into these pouches and voila! As I re read this, I can see that my directions are not very clear. Is there a place on this site where I could take pictures of what I do and show you all that way? Otherwise, I could make a little tut and send it individually to whomever would like it. In the meantime, I'll try to find the other pictures I posted with this one so that they are not so separated. Again, I am sorry for not responding more promptly. You have all been so generous to me that I want to return that generosity.

Love this idea and I would also like the instructions as well as finding out where to get the lavender and can you tell us where the designs came from as they are just lovely.

Very very nice great job!!!!