Anti-migraine Mask With Organic Filling

As several people in my family suffer from migraines and we live on medication, dim lights, black out curtains and sleep with an eye mask, I thought of upgrading the mask and make one that also serves as a cold compress, taking into account the resource and environmental factor; since I would not know how to make a gel mask, researching organic and easy to get options I found the option of using grains that are used as heat compresses to relieve muscle aches. I selected among them the ones that withstood the cold and/or freezing the most and came out with this result.

• Soft fabric (to transfer the cold)
• Waterproof fabric (retains moisture from the grains)
• Elastic ribbon
• Threads
• Sewing machine (optional)
• Sewing needle
• Tape measure
• Marker or chalk (something to mark the fabric).
• Scissors
• Paper (for pattern)
• Zipper (15 cm)
• Grains: rice (beans and corn works well and keeps cold)

• Measure 5 cm above the eyebrows.
• Measure 5 cm below eyebrows
• Measure 3 cm from the eyebrows to the septum of the nose.
• Measure from where one eyebrow ends to where the other ends and add 2 cm on each side.
• Measure width of septum and make a note of it, and mark side and side of that distance.
• Measure distance from the back of the head, passing through the beginning of the ears with the distance to the eyebrows (for the measurement that the elastic band will have).

• With a piece of paper, mark the center of it in the middle; and as you measured in the previous step taking as reference the eyebrows, take this middle point as if they were them.
• Mark the measurements taken and make a rectangle with the points marked in the previous step.
• That rectangle is where the mask is delimited.
• Mark on that paper the beginning of the ears to use as a guide when cutting the fabric (where the elastic band will go through).
• Edge the corners of the rectangle.
• Cut out the patterns:
• One pattern is for the inner bag where the beads will go, this is pattern 1.
• The other pattern, consists of pattern 1 cut in half + with 2cm to 1.5 cm to the side; calling it pattern 2.

• Mark the pattern on the fabric (backwards, where it will be sewn) and leave 5mm to 1 cm extra where it will be cut; the measurement of the pattern is the sewing line.
• Mark where the zipper will be sewn.

• Surface part of eye mask:
• Sew the two pattern pieces 2:
• Fold from the middle 5 mm (x2) and sew.
• Place fabric front with fabric front.
• Leave holes for the elastic band and pass the elastic band and match the ends of the band to the sewing edge.
• Machine or sew along the seam line.
• Sack of the eye mask, where the grains go:
• Sew the zipper (which goes along the top), aligning it to the seam line, of both waterproof fabric cuts from pattern 1 (join right sides of the zipper to the right side of each piece of fabric).
• Once the zipper is sewn, sew along the seam line.
• Turn bag/sack inside out

Fill with grains and refrigerate inner bag.