Aromatic sachet of herbs is a small unusual thing that is not noticeable in appearance, which is able to fill your life with pleasant natural flavors. The appearance of the sachet is very simple - it is a tissue bag with a filler tied tightly. The whole secret of this little thing is in its filler - for him most often serve as natural herbs, dried flower petals, cinnamon, the main thing that the fragrance was natural, light and, of course, you had to taste.
You can use sachets anywhere, most often it is stored in a compartment with linens, so that all the linen absorbs a slight pleasant aroma. However, if you choose the right filler, it can be placed in the office, thereby increasing your efficiency , and you can also put it in the pillow. If you suffer from insomnia , a sachet of lavender, rosemary, dried lemon peel will help you get rid of the moth in the closet, the mint sachet will cheer you up and help increase efficiency.
Essential oils are most often used to emphasize the strength and depth of the fragrance of a sachet, or, on the contrary, to breathe new life into an old mixture that has lost its fragrance. However, pay special attention to one very important point - before filling the sachet, be sure to make sure that all the ingredients are completely dried. Otherwise, instead of a pleasant aroma of herbs and oils, you will get the smell of mold.
How to make a sachet with your own hands?
In order to make a sash with our own hands, we will need the following materials:
- a flap of linen cloth, you can use cotton or cambric, but the fabric must be completely natural, because synthetic fabrics are not able to absorb and pass the fragrance just as well;
- lace cut;
- tapes, braid - we select all necessary, proceeding from the personal preferences;
- transfer paper, you can use napkins for decoupage;
- filler for sachet in our example were dried herbs, orange peel and a bunch of sintepon for a beautiful shape of the product;
- scissors, thread, needle.
Sasha with his own hands: a master class
Having prepared everything we need, we will make the sachet by our own hands.
1. First, we cut out the desired shape from a flap of linen cloth. For example, we will make two aromatic pads of different shapes - a rectangular sachet and in the form of a heart, to whom that is more like. So, we make a heart and a rectangle out of linen fabric.
2. Using a hot iron, transfer the image from the transfer paper to the fabric - iron the paper several times, then unglaze it, the image remains on the fabric. We chose pictures in retro style.
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3. Now with the help of pre-prepared ribbons, lace and braid decorate the front side of the sachet. Even if you have a sewing machine, sew handmade jewelry better.
4. Next, we sew the two halves of the heart and the rectangle by hand with a rough seam from the wrong side. In the corner of the rectangle and in the middle, the heart is sewed along the loop from the tape, for which we will hang the sachet.
5. Then we spread through the sewing machine by sewing machine, leaving a small hole for the filler, and turn it to the front side.
6. It remains only to fill and flavor our sachet. First, fill it with dried and chopped orange peel, put the sintepon in the corners and edges for accuracy. Now we take two wadded discs, and drop one of them with a few drops of a mixture of essential oils prepared in advance, cover it with a second disc and place it inside the bag.
7. Carefully sew the hole and our aromatic sachet of herbs is ready.