Make your own lavender sachet with some scraps of fabric, basic sewing supplies, and a fragrant lavender filling! No special stitches are needed here as the tops of the sachets are tied off with ribbon for a pretty (and easier) finish. This is a great beginner sewing project.
For some more sweet floral crafts, try making a lavender wand or Victorian-style tussie mussie. If you have some space, you can grow your own, too – see my guide on growing edible flowers.
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Ingredients and Supplies
Ingredient Notes and Substitutions
- Lavender: any dried lavender can be used. Some is more highly scented, so use your discretion with how much essential oil is needed (if any).
- Orris root: this acts as a natural fixative and helps to keep the lavender scent present for longer. If you can't get it, simply omit. It's readily available online and Mountain Rose Herbs carries it.
- Essential oil: a couple drops of lavender essential oil will ensure the sachet smells strongly enough to scent a drawer-full of clothes.
- Fabric: a tightly woven natural fibre works best here. Cotton is ideal and linen is great too.
- Sewing supplies: any thread will do here, so use what you have on hand. You may see the thread after flipping the sachet inside-out, especially if you're new to sewing, so choose a colour that isn't too different in that case. White is usually safe, especially with patterned fabric like that pictured.
How to Make Lavender Sachets
Step 1: mix the dried lavender, orris root, and essential oil together in a bowl.
Step 2: cut two 9x6 inch pieces of fabric.
Step 3: fold lengthwise with the long sides together, and sew along the long side and one short side. A running stitch is fine here because the bag won't have much seam-stress, but you can do a back stitch if preferred.
Step 4: fold the (unsewn) top of the bag down one-third and press it flat with an iron. This will prevent the raw edge from showing once the bag is turned inside-out.
Step 5: carefully turn the sachet inside-out, pressing gently into the corners if needed.
Step 6: fill the sachet with half of the lavender mixture.
Step 7: tie the top tightly with a length of narrow ribbon.
Step 8: repeat for the second sachet, or as many times as you'd like.
Top Tips
- Use secondhand fabric: old embroidered handkerchiefs are beautiful and a perfect choice for making lavender sachets. They're usually abundant and cheap at secondhand shops, usually found with the sewing materials or things like curtains.
- Refresh your sachets: if, after a few months, your lavender sachet no longer smells much of lavender, you can brighten it up with a couple more drops of essential oil. Simply untie the ribbon, drop the oil in, and tie it up again.
- Scale up: these instructions are for two sachets, but you can increase the recipe to make as many as you'd like.
How to Use Sachets
Add one to your underwear drawer, in with your bed linens, or in a writing desk. A sachet tucked into folded sweaters can help keep moths away.
Try adding a loop with an extra length of ribbon and hang a sachet on a doorknob or inside a wardrobe. As with sweaters, this can be helpful for coats and jackets, too.
These make very sweet and pretty gifts, especially paired with some homemade body products, like handmade soap, or something like a calendula salve or bath salts.
FAQ
What are lavender sachets good for?
Lavender sachets are nice to have in any clothing drawers or wardrobes, especially with underclothes and socks. Place one in your car, in a desk drawer, between sweaters, or anywhere you'd like to have a light lavender scent.
How long do lavender sachets last?
When made with dried lavender, orris, and lavender oil, a sachet can keep its scent for a decade or longer. You can use the same sachet and update the filling after a time, though, or add a few more drops of oil.
What is the best material for lavender sachets?
A natural, breathable material like cotton or linen is ideal for sachets, because it allows the scent to escape through the fibres more easily. Cotton is usually more tightly woven than linen and can be easier for beginners to sew.
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How to Make a Lavender Sachet
Equipment
- 2 9x6 inch pieces of cotton fabric
- Sewing thread and needle
- 1 Pair of scissors
- Iron
- 2 narrow lengths of ribbon
Ingredients
- 30 grams dried lavender about 1 cup
- 10 grams powdered orris about 1 tablespoon
- 3 drops lavender essential oil
Instructions
- Mix the lavender, orris root, and essential oil in a bowl and set aside.30 grams dried lavender, 10 grams powdered orris, 3 drops lavender essential oil
- Cut two 9x6 inch pieces of fabric. If using a patterned material, make sure you're sewing it so that when you flip it inside-out, the pattern will be on the outside.
- Fold lengthwise with the long sides together, and sew along the long side and one short side. A running stitch is fine here because the bag won't have much seam-stress, but you can do a back stitch if preferred.
- Fold the (unsewn) top of the bag down one-third and press it flat with an iron. This will prevent the raw edge from showing once the bag is turned inside-out.
- Carefully turn the sachet inside-out, pressing gently into the corners if needed.
- Fill the first sachet with half of the lavender mixture and tie off the top with a narrow piece of ribbon in a bow.
- Repeat the same steps for the second sachet, and then make as many as you'd like.