By Julie Loeschke
Picture yourself strolling through the outdoor market in a place were you are vacationing. You pick up a sweet little sachet filled with fragrant lavender. You have also accumulated many little pieces of ephemera during your travels.Why not combine them into a sweet memento of your trip? Et voila – the Souvenir Sachet!
These sachets would make a great little gift. How about a “thank you” for the new graduate or a favorite teacher? Fill with rice or birdseed, tie with a simple bow and hand out to wedding guests. After the rice or seed is thrown, your guests can refill the sachet and have a memento of a beautiful day. The possibilities are many!
Step 1. Cut an 8″ x 11″ rectangle of your fabric. Either purchased or printed yourself.
Step 2. Fold fabric in half lengthwise,right sides together. By machine or by hand stitch down the long side and across the bottom with a 1/4″ seam allowance.
Step 3. Fold the top of the bag down about 3″ over the bag itself. {Photo 1} This piece will stay tucked into the bag when turned right side out to form a facing. Trim across the bottom corner as show in the photo.Not too close to the stitching.
Step 4. Turn the bag right side out and fill with 1 1/4 cups or until 2/3 full with dried lavender or other potpourri.
Step 5. Cut 1/2″ or 3/4″ ribbon into two pieces- 18″ and 6″ (wired ribbon or a ribbon of your choice). Tie the longer piece around the bag about 2″ from the top. If you like, make the extra tails by laying the 6″ piece of ribbon across the tie,and then finish tying the bow. Trim ends of tails. Hot glue a button or other embellishment in the center of the bow.
Step 6. Arrange pictures, labels, etc. as desired and tie to the sachet with string, twine or hemp cord. Embellish with a stickpin if you like.
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Oh Julie these are so sweet! I can see me making some as little gifts which will smell adorable with lavender inside. Thanks so much for the instructions – doesn’t look too difficult for a hand-sewer like me. Margie x
These are adorable! I just love the ways you have embellished those gorgeous ribbons too!
These are such darling sachets-beautiful Julie!!
Lovely little reminders of summer fragrances. so sweetly made with perfect hands. Adore!
Just what I love – a sweet and fairly easy little bit! TFS
These are REALLY lovely…I can almost smell the Lavender
I will be picking my first Lavender of the season tomorrow I think…usually it blooms much closer to Father’s Day in our N. Virginia garden 🙂
Thank you for sharing as always!
oxo
These are so very sweet!
This is such a sweet idea. I bought several cupsful of lavender awhile ago and hadn’t figured out just what I wanted to do with it. I knew sachets, but this is a step above just a sachet. Thank you so much.
Thank you all for your lovely comments.I know you will enjoy making them.:)