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How To Make A Flax Seed Heating Bag Out Of Old Jeans

You make a pair of cutoffs out of old jeans but what can you do with the bottom portion of the jeans? You can make a flax seed heating bag! Two of the seams are already done so it makes it super easy!

Cutoffs made out of jeans and the leftover material.

Heating Bag Supplies

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  • Old Jeans
  • Cutting Mat, Acrylic Ruler, Rotary Cutter – To cut the unfinished end of the jeans to the desired length. If you don’t already have these supplies, you could also just use scissors.
  • Thread
  • Sewing Machine
  • Flax Seeds
Flax Seed Heating Bag made out of old jeans.

How To Make Heating Bags Out Of Old Jeans

  1. Cut old jeans to the length you’d like your heating bag to be.
Old jeans cut to make flax seed heating bags out of.

2. Turn the jean leg inside out and stitch the unfinished end closed.

Stitch one end of an old jean leg to make a flax seed heating bag.
Old jean leg stitched closed at one end to make a flax seed heating bag.

3. Turn right side out and use a pair of scissors to nudge the corners out. A crochet hook works really well too.

Flax seed heating bag made out of an old pair of jeans.

4. Fill the bag about half full with flax seeds using a measuring cup and funnel.

flax seeds in a clear bag

5. Stitch the open end closed. It is already hemmed so no need for further finishing!

Flax seed heating bag made out of old jeans.

You now have a Flax Seed Heating Bag!

Just pop it in the microwave, to your desired temperature, and use it on that sore spot.

In the winter, it is oh so heavenly to place a flax seed heating bag at the foot of your bed!

On the second jean leg leftover, I decided to add a little lavender essential oil before the final seam.

Placing lavender drops in a flax seed heating bag.

I thought the ‘cuff’ look would be fun and opted to make the final seam about three inches below the finished ends and rolled back. I like the way it turned out!

Flax seed heating bag made out of old jeans.
Flax seed heating bags made out of old jeans.

More Flax Seed Heating Bag Ideas

A few years ago we made flax seed heating bags for Christmas gifts and they were quite the hit!

Flax Seed Heating Bag

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5 Comments

  1. We use ours all the time! Lindsey just used it while she was home and was wishing she had one to take to her apartment:)

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