marching band sachets
sachet shante!
this morning a bag of dried lavender exploded in my closet. i planned to make sachets with it when i bought it at a truck stop in france 5 years ago. it asserted itself to let me know today is the day. i didn't want to put much effort into it, and i didn't want to spend any money. this is what followed:
materials:
- dried lavender
- colored cording and matching thread
- muslin bags
- the muslin bags i used are from anthropolgie online orders. they used to pack receipts in them and i could never bring myself to throwing them out.
envelope
- cut off drawstring. press a 1/2" hem at the top edge
- fold horizontally at desired width
couching initial
i learned how to couch today. you can too. feeling stitchy has great tutorial.
- draw initial on piece of paper and slip it into the pouch, centering it on the back
- trace over paper with a pencil or disappearing ink
- trace letter with cording and stitch to pouch as per tutorial.
immediately this looked like a high school marching band uniform detail to me. or a varsity jacket name. i wanted something "bandy" on the envelope flap.
couching the flap
this might not technically qualify as couching- it's very few stitches holding down the cord. on the first one(yellow), i got cocky and tried to freehand it. the second time around, i marked the fabric and it was so much easier.
- before you fill the pouch, mark the flap where you want the loops. mine were about 3/4" apart from center to center and 1/4" up from the edge
- fill up the pouch with good smelling stuff
- start with tail of cord tucked into hem. secure with some tack stitches at the end.
- bring needle up at the first mark above the flap. loop the cord and bring the needle down catching the loop where it crosses. bring needle back up at the top of the loop
- stitch the top loop and bring the needle back up at the first mark below the flap. loop the cording, and bring the needle down catching the loop where it crosses. bring the needle back up at the top of the loop.
- continue stitching, along the length of the flap, at the end, tuck the cord tail into the hem fold line
