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A bacterial infection in your eye which can cause pain, vision problems, and watery eyes. The Mayo Clinic says that a stye should go away on its own within a few days. The bump can fill with pus and become red and swollen. The stye appears because of bacteria blocking an oil gland in your eyelid. An eye stye causes a red bump to appear on your eyelid. An eye stye is another common type of eye infection. According to Medlineplus, pink eye causes itching, inflammation, discharge, and redness and can be very contagious. This is a common viral or bacterial eye infection that affects the inside of the eyelid or outer layer of the eye. Depending on the cause of the eye infection, you may have one of these eye infections:Ĭonjunctivitis or pink eye.

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To use your heated eye mask pop it on clean plate and microwave on full power for around a minute, depending on how hot you like your heat. Microwaves can vary so definitely make sure that the eye mask isn’t too hot before using it – especially for the first time.Eye infections can affect one or both eyes at the same time. I hand sewed mine on but with a little patience you could do this with a sewing machine, manoeuvring the rice out of the way as you go. STEP 6: Optional – trim the outside edge with bias tape. You can then hand sew the opening closed, following the line of the topstitching. STEP 5: Fill the eye mask with rice – I made a quick make shift funnel with a bit of paper to help contain things.

Topstitch around the edge of the eye mask 0.5 cm from the edge, leaving the gap open for filling. STEP 4: At this point it’s a good idea to give your eye mask a little iron to ‘set’ the stitches and keep everything smooth (you won’t be able to iron it once it’s full of rice!). STEP 3: Cut notches right the way around the outside of the eye mask, except for the opening, then turn it inside out. I like to use a contrasting coloured pin at either end of the opening to remind me to stop sewing! Sew around the edge with a 1.5cm seam allowance, leaving a gap of around 7 cm in order to turn the eye mask the right way around. STEP 2: Place the pattern pieces on top of each other, right sides together, then pin around the edge.

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STEP 1: Using your free pattern cut out two eye mask shapes from your fabric.

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PDF pattern (click here for free download) printed onto A4 paper with zero scaling Just make sure it’s 100% cotton so it will be able to handle the heat of the microwave. I used some of my DIY shibori fabric for this project and I would definitely recommend using a fabric that touches your soul for something as nurturing as this. I like to take mine to bed and pretend it’s a spa treatment… The finished eye mask is generously sized and just the right weight – it even doubles as a warm neck/shoulder compress too! A heated eye mask is really good for the various ducts and glands in your eyes as well as being super relaxing.

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This tutorial is simple to follow and contains a free template that you can download as a PDF. I decided to make a tutorial as I think everyone should experience the delight of a warm eye compress. Later that day I had my finger poised to order a £12 rice filled eye bag from Amazon when I had a lightbulb moment and realised that I could totally make it myself! When my optometrist advised me to spend 20 minutes lying down with a heated eye mask every few days I didn’t need much convincing. Most of my DIY projects are born out of necessity.

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