It's in the Bag!
Lavender is one of my favourite plants in the garden, and it is currently blooming. Now is the best time to harvest some so that it can be enjoyed well after the flowers have finished.
I love lavender in the garden. It gives such an amazing aroma when you brush past it, especially in the evening. This year, my lavender plants are mature enough to have produced an abundance of flowers, and so I have decided to harvest some of the blooms and enjoy the fragrance well into the winter months.
You can, of course, dry the lavender and display it in a vase. However, I am planning to make gifts with mine to be used in drawers and wardrobes. These pretty sachets are simple to make and are easy to personalise or add decoration to before stitching them together.
If you don’t have lavender growing in your garden, don’t worry, you can buy it ready dried online.
Instructions
You can make the sachets in any shape and size you like, draw a shape on paper, add a seam allowance and cut out.
Choose your fabrics - this can be the most difficult part!
Pin your paper pattern to the fabric and cut 2 per sachet.
If you are adding any exterior decoration or personalisation, do this now.
Pin the fabric pieces right sides together and pin in place.
Stitch around the edge with a 1cm seam allowance, leaving an opening of 3-4 cm to allow for turning.
Trim the corners and then the seam allowances down to 0.5 cm.
Turn through the opening. Push out the corners and the seams before pressing.
Add the dried lavender flowers to the sachet. You can choose how much to add, whatever you like the look of!
Close the opening either by stitching close to the edge with your machine or by hand stitching.
Hand stitch any hanging ribbons or embellishments in place. A loop at the top makes them super easy to hang from a hanger in your wardrobe!
Ta-daa! Now enjoy the fragrance for months to come!
(You can extend the life of these sachets by adding a few drops of lavender essential oil to the sachet once the fragrance begins to fade. Alternatively, open the sachet and replace the lavender flowers with new ones.)
Happy sewing!
Suzanne, Charlotte and Rebecca