The Green Witch: Your Complete Guide to the Natural Magic of Herbs, Flowers, Essential Oils, and More - Arin Murphy-Hiscock 2017

Craft a Dream Pillow
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Another form of spell bag, the dream pillow allows the gentle energies of the herbs to interact with your own energy while you sleep. Tuck the dream pillow under your bed pillow, hang it on your bedpost, or set it on your bedside table. Made on a larger scale, dream pillows can become herbal pillows.

When making dream or herb pillows, the amount of magic you apply is up to you. An ideal way to reinforce the magical goal of the herbs in the dream pillow is to choose cloth of an appropriate color you associate with the magical goal. If you add a ribbon to the pillow for hanging, choose an appropriate length to slip over the bedpost or hang on a nail in the wall by your bed.

SWEET DREAMS PILLOW

This pillow is designed to encourage relaxation and soothe restless sleep.

✵ 1 tablespoon violets

✵ 1 tablespoon spearmint

✵ 2 tablespoons lavender

✵ Small bowl

✵ 1 (8 × 4-inch) rectangle of cloth (your choice of color)

✵ Thread to match

✵ Pins

✵ Needle

✵ Iron (optional)

✵ Cotton batting (about the size of your fist, or 2 (4 × 4-inch) squares)

✵ Ribbon (optional; for length, see previous paragraph)

1. Blend the herbs in the bowl with your fingertips.

2. Fold the rectangle of cloth over onto itself so that you have a square of doubled material. If you are using a fabric with a design, make sure the design is on the inside. Pin the two halves together.

3. Using a running stitch, sew along two of the three open sides of the fabric square, leaving one side open.

4. Fold approximately ¹/₄ inch of the raw edge of the open side down on what is currently the outside of the pouch. Finger-press the edge so that it stays creased, or use the iron. Turn the fabric pouch right side out, so that the seams are to the inside. (The raw edge of the pressed side should be inside the pouch.)

5. Tease out your cotton or cotton batting so it is fluffier and larger. Place the herbs in the center of the cotton and fold the edges inward so that the herbs are rolled inside the cotton. If the cotton batting is flat, lay one of the squares down, pour the herbs in the middle, lay the second square on top, and secure all four sides with a running stitch.

6. Tuck the herbs in the cotton batting inside the fabric pouch. Pin the open side closed. If you are adding a ribbon hanger, fold your piece of ribbon and insert the ends into the open side of the pouch and pin them into place. Sew the pillow closed with a running stitch, sewing the ribbon into place as you go.

7. Tuck your new dream pillow under your bed pillow or place next to your pillow before you sleep.

You can increase the size of this pillow. The larger you make it, however, the more cotton batting you will need to protect the herbs inside. You may use as many or as few herbs as you like. Here are some suggested blends for dream pillows:

✵ Peace: lavender, poppy, gardenia

✵ Harmony: chamomile, violet, calendula

✵ Happiness: honeysuckle, sunflower

✵ Love: rose, jasmine, gardenia

✵ Health: eucalyptus, nutmeg, carnation

✵ Prosperity: cinnamon, orange, basil

✵ Protection: geranium, sage, clove