The Dry Hot-water bottle
Looking for a simple, eco-friendly way to warm up or soothe muscular tension? In this quick sewing tutorial, discover how to make a small dry hot water bottle to heat in the microwave.
Easy to sew and reusable, it’ll last all winter without cluttering up your closets.
Follow these step-by-step instructions to make your own personalized hot water bottle and enjoy a moment of relaxation in just a few seconds!
And if you prefer the video tutorial, it’s at the bottom of this article!
Sewing equipment
To sew this dry hot water bottle, you will need :
- 1 rectangle 15 cm x 28 cm in COTTON.
- 1 other 15 cm X 34 cm rectangle in fleece fabric.
- cherry pits or flax seeds.
The warming pouch
Let’s start with the inside of the hot-water bottle: the pouch containing the cherry stones, which you can remove to heat in the microwave.
Warning: the fabric used for this part must be 100% cotton. The use of synthetic material exposes you to the risk of melting during heating!
You fold your 15 cm X 28 cm rectangle onto itself, and we’ll stitch the 3 sides, but we’ll leave an opening so that we can then turn over and fill the pouch.
Through the opening left, you turn over your work. Then fill it with cherry pits or linseed.
Finally, close the opening by topstitching along the opening, as close to the edge as possible.
The dry hot water bottle cover
Using the 15 cm x 34 cm fleece rectangle, place upside down facing you. Then fold the short sides over 1 cm, and stitch all along.
Now, facing you, you fold about half the strip in on itself…
… and overlap the other part on top. Then machine-stitch the sides with a straight stitch.
Turn the cover right-side-up, warm up the pouch with the cores and insert it inside! And enjoy!
Well done!
