Scented Heart Sachets
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A Scent-sible Sewing Project
If you are looking for a super simple sewing project to tackle this weekend, let us suggest these DIY lavender sachets! These cute little fragrant sachets could be a great hostess gift idea, and you can use this project as an opportunity to work on your introductory sewing skills. If you do not have a sewing machine, you could easily sew these up by hand as well. When you’re finished, use them as scented drawer sachets or DIY air fresheners for your car – any place that could use a little pick-me-up!
Tools
- Sewing Machine
- Iron
- Pressing Cloth (optional, for iron-on)
- Cutting Machine (optional, for iron-on)
- Weeding Tool
- Straight Pins
- Scissors
- Pinking Shears
Materials
- Linen (light or medium weight)
- Iron-on Vinyl (optional)
- Thread to match linen
- Lavender (or other dried aromatic)
Steps
- Gather the tools and materials listed above.
- Print heart template and pin it to two 7.5 x 7.5″ squares of linen.
- Cut linen around the template.
- Pin linen pieces together.
- Sew around the edge of the heart about 1/2″ from the edge and leave a 2″ opening on one side.
- Cut around the edge with pinking shears.
- Cut iron-on designs on cutting machine and weed design.
- Attach design by placing pressing cloth on top and pressing with iron.
- Give the design a quick press with iron to make sure it’s fully attached.
- Peel off the plastic.
- Fill sachet with lavender.
- Use sewing machine to sew the opening closed.
For a visual guide to this project, follow our DIY lavender sachets photo tutorial below!
Tips
The best part about making your own fragrance sachets is that you can customize your scents. We used lavender for our dried aromatics, but other great options are rose petals, rosemary, cedar or mint. You should be able to find a nice selection online. If you want you can also add essential oils. These are so easy to whip up that you can make a whole set to scatter around your home!
More Inspiration
Once you have your linen material, you can use any excess fabric to make yourself a set of DIY napkins or tea towels. Browse through all of our household goods sewing projects for more DIY inspiration, or leave a comment below with a suggestion for a project you’d like to see us share in the future. Follow us on Instagram, Facebook and Twitter to stay updated on what we’re sharing next, or head over to our membership page to start crafting along with our community of creatives!
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13 Comments
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Loes Heijs
January 31, 2018 at 2:02am
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Lia
January 31, 2018 at 7:52am
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Anita Scheftner
August 22, 2017 at 7:49pm
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Lia
August 23, 2017 at 8:44am
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Kerstin
July 12, 2017 at 2:26am
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Lia
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Joseph Roberts
June 23, 2017 at 2:17am
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Lia
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Kim Palmer
June 22, 2017 at 6:42pm
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Lia
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Lauren Liapis
June 22, 2017 at 12:10pm
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Lia
June 22, 2017 at 12:43pm
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Leave a CommentHi Lia,
This is a very nice project! Do you also have a SVG-format? Thank you!
The SVG has been uploaded 🙂
I cannot open the link without it saying I must be logged in, which I am already. What is the problem? I’ve tried several times and try to log in and I can’t open the window
Sorry you’re having trouble! I’m not sure what the issue is, but you might want to try quitting and restarting your web browser, or try a different one. If you still have trouble, email hello@liagriffith.com and we can look into your account.
the flower motif: not only to be ironed on, also easy to be stitched. By Hand or by machine – each sewing machine with straight stitch and/ or zigzag will work.
Yes!
Great! It’s an ideal gift for girl friend.
We think so, too!
Sorry I must be really behind times, what is a cutting machine?
It’s a desktop machine for DIY projects and crafts. It cuts paper, vinyl, and other materials for personal designs, scrapbooking, t-shirt making, etc! We love the Cricut Explore here 🙂
How cute! Is there anyway we could (pretty please) get a pdf of those adorable flower designs for those of us who haven’t made the switch yet? I am a weirdo and enjoy doing most cutouts by hand, for some reason I find it pretty calming. One day I will switch over to a cutting machine…I have all the products that go with it so at least I will be ready!
P.S. Thanks again for sharing another Lia Griffith creation! You have a way of blending classic, with cutesy and a touch of vintage. I do not think I have ever been disappointed by your inspirations. Your styling is impeccable and I so appreciate you sharing it with us!!
Yes Lauren, the PDF is now available to download! Thank you for your sweet words, it truly means a lot to all of us here.
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