Lavender hearts

I don’t usually get into making things that are for decorative purposes only, but before Christmas I bought a pound of lavender buds for the express purpose of making sachets. I chose lavender because it is supposed to keep moths and other greedy bugs away from wool, and since I seem to have an abundance of that, due to my own woolie greediness, I figured that even if I didn’t sell a single sachet, I’d still be able to use them around the house. I really wanted to have them available in my store at Christmas time, but I just couldn’t figure out what to do. I looked at other people’s sachets on the internet, I fiddled around with my fabric scraps, and I looked through my old potpourri book, but nothing really inspired me. So the lavender sat, unopened, all alone. (Thankfully, lavender has a remarkably long shelf life. This stuff smells heavenly!)

Yesterday, while Little G was napping, Miss O and I thumbed through some of my little fabric scraps and picked out a few pretty things to practice with. I made a few rather goofy looking things before I saw our heart-shaped Valentines chocolates, and then it hit me. I used some of my teeny tiny rick rack for hanging loops, and raided my button jars.

It was very fun.

Comments

[Randi]

Lavendar sachets smell so wonderful! Enjoy making them!

[Jenny]

OOOH. I just love the smell of lavender..I need to order a bag of buds too..I am all out and have sachets to stuff. I use chamomile too, but just love lavender the best. Yours are so cute!! Good job!

[Lindsey in AL]

WAY better than the methods I used for a gift sachet back in December. I bought 2 bunches of lavender and nearly vomited from the smell after spending half an hour pulling off the buds (early pregnancy strangeness) I also did some crazy piecing for the front and it took way too long and I did not like it. I might have to give this another try with the rest of my lavender. It will have to be a gift because DH HATES lavender with a passion and I cannot use it for anything but gifting.