I
grow lots of lavender in my garden, and I never let the flowers go to
waste. My earliest sewing projects were
always lavender bags, and every August I carry on the tradition.
Last
year, I experimented with using the old cloth bound maps as the fabric for the
bags – or perhaps sachets is a more appropriate name. I cut out two
heart-shaped pieces of map and blanket stitched them together, leaving a gap
at the top.
Dried lavender flowers were
stuffed into the opening, along with a ribbon hanger. I then sewed it all
together and attached a button for good measure.
The
smell of the lavender permeates through the cloth bound map very well – but the
sachets are far too fascinating to be shoved into the bottom of a drawer!
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