Mitten sachets
So easy to make, these should just be illegal!
You do not need a pattern, just sketch out a mitten shape and cut cut cut. If needed, you can find a clip art of a mitten and print it out on your printer, and use that as your pattern. Use a nice heavy fabric like a fleece shown here.
Sew your two halves of your fabric almost all the way together, but leave yourself a small hole that you can use to fill with your sachet fillings. I have a nice funnel with a good long neck that I can use to fill my sachets, but if you do not have a funnel, a rolled up piece of paper works wonders (and is amazingly free! plus it is a fantastic way to use up all that dratted junk mail that comes into the house free of charge to you. Did I mention the free part yet?).
So, we are up to the dumping in the sachet contents. Pour in whatever botanicals you have selected, then sew up the hole you left for your filling spot. And presto, you have the cutest season appropriate great smelling sachets around.
You could embellish them either before (so much easier) or after the fact with any kind of fabric embellishment that you have floating around.
These would make fantastic Secret Santa gifts. And if this tickles your fancy, you do not have to stick with the mitten shape. Check out your clip art collection and see what easy to cut out shapes are there. Maybe there are a hundred shapes just waiting to be discovered that you could make into sachets.
And these are not limited to just sitting in drawers making clothes smell good. Filled with lavender and sewn firmly shut (I use a very tight stitch on my sewing machine so I do not have to worry), I give them as dryer additions. Just toss into the dryer with your load and oh man, they make a load of clothes smell heavenly. Just fantastic!
If you have not done this, make yourself one with a good load of lavender and try it on a load of towels or better yet, a load of sheets. What a treat! The great thing about this experiment is that if you do not like the results … just rewash the batch! Easy to fix. But oh man - such a relaxing smell and so easy to do. It is one of those incredible touches that will make your family and guests think you are a miracle worker and all you did is toss a little pillow of herbs into the dryer.
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