Hello! I hope you’re well and enjoying this month of August. Last week, some days were too hot and muggy here for knitting and I sewed some lavender sachets instead. They are more like little cushions in three different sizes tied together with ribbon. If you’d like to make something similar, here is what you’ll need and how to make them.
For a set of three sachets you’ll need:
- Small pieces of cotton (quilting) fabric
- 85 cm (33½”) ribbon, 6 mm – 1 cm (¼ – ½”) wide
- Approx. 35 g dried lavender
- Sewing machine (or you could hand sew them)
- Scissors
- Teaspoon
- Sewing thread in colours of fabrics
- Sewing needle
- Pins
Step-by-step instructions:
1) Cut 6 fabric squares, 2 each measuring 13 x 13 cm, 11 x 11 cm and 9 x 9 cm (5 x 5”, 4¼ x 4¼” and 3½ x 3½”).
2) Sew with right sides together, leaving a 4 – 5 cm (1½ – 2”) turning-and-filling gap.
3) Trim corners.
4) Turn outside out and carefully push out corners.
5) Fill with lavender. (Or for someone who doesn’t like lavender, use rose petals. You’ll only need 25 g, as rose petals are more voluminous. Lavender is moth-repellent, rose petals are not.)
6) Close gap using invisible stitches, or (as I did) a visible whip stitch, so that the sachets can easily be opened and refilled later.
7) Place on top of each other and tie together with ribbon. And voilà!
Repeat steps 1 – 7 until you have enough sachets to keep the moths away from your woolly sweaters and shawls, and to scent your underwear and bed linen. And then make some more to give away to your daughter, grandchild, (grand)mother, sister, friend, colleague, neighbour, cousin, knitting-group host, another friend…
