Hi guys!
As Christmas is getting super close, we've made a start on making some gifts for people. One of the things we've been making is lavender bags! My Great Grandma absolutely loves to put these in her drawers to make her clothes smell nice and fresh, so we thought we'd make her some new ones for Christmas.
You really don't need to spend any money on this, provided you or your friends or family grow lavender and have a bit of spare fabric lying around.
This is what I ended up with, so, if you like the look of this, then continue because we will be going through how to make it! It turned out to be a lot prettier than I thought it would.
The fabric I used is quite thin, but it isn't particularly porous and it doesn't need to be because lavender will permeate through any fabric, so you can use any spare material you have for this! I just used this fabric that came with my die cutting machine.
To start with, I cut the fabric into a rectangle. I don't have dimensions for this as I just winged it; you can make them as small or as a big as you like; just remember that lavender is quite small, so if you make huge ones, you'll need a ton of lavender! Also, you'll need to have a rectangular shape so there is enough space at the top of your bag to tie up with ribbon.
After I cut it, I used my sewing machine (I have the Singer Starlet 6660 which we bought from Hobbycraft. I'm mentioning this because when you buy a sewing machine from them, they give you a free sewing workshop!! I recently had my workshop at the Peterborough Hobbycraft and a lovely lady called Kate ran it and it was so, so helpful!) to hem one half of the top side. You don't need to use a sewing machine, you can hand stitch these and they will look just as a great and work just as well.
Next, I hemmed the other side. I did this just so the top edge would be nice and neat and have no raw edges. It really does pay off in the end.
Then, I folded it so the hemmed edges met at the top and the inside of the fabric was facing out. I then sewed up the two side edges (I didn't sew the edge that was the fold line as this just creates unnecessary work!).
After your two sides have been stitched, you can turn it the right way round! Make sure you use a pencil or something pointy (but not sharp) to push out the bottom corners.
This is what it looks like once all the stitching, pushing out the corners and turning it the right way round has been done!
Here I just wanted to show you the inside so you can see the seams and the inside of the fabric now facing inwards. This will not be seen after you have filled it with lavender and tied it up.
Now, we were very prepared for this - we have lavender in our garden and we picked some and hung it upside down in our kitchen to dry for a few weeks. However, if you don't have lavender in your garden, you can always ask your friends or family and, if all else fails, you can buy some dried lavender.
I then went down each stalk and rubbed off the flowers. They are dry so they should come off easily. You just need to smooth your fingers over the petals, against the way they're growing, and they should come away from the stalk.
Note: you don't want the stalks in your bags so put them to the side!
I then put the lavender into my bag! You can decide how much you want to put in each bag, so there is no measurement for this either. It will, of course, depend on the size of your bag and how much extra fabric you want left to tie your ribbon on to.
After this, all I did was tie it up with ribbon that matched my fabric!
Thank you so much for reading along with us. We hope you enjoyed this and we'd love to see pictures of lavender bags you've made in the past or are going to be making!
Keep crafting x
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As Christmas is getting super close, we've made a start on making some gifts for people. One of the things we've been making is lavender bags! My Great Grandma absolutely loves to put these in her drawers to make her clothes smell nice and fresh, so we thought we'd make her some new ones for Christmas.
You really don't need to spend any money on this, provided you or your friends or family grow lavender and have a bit of spare fabric lying around.
This is what I ended up with, so, if you like the look of this, then continue because we will be going through how to make it! It turned out to be a lot prettier than I thought it would.
The fabric I used is quite thin, but it isn't particularly porous and it doesn't need to be because lavender will permeate through any fabric, so you can use any spare material you have for this! I just used this fabric that came with my die cutting machine.
To start with, I cut the fabric into a rectangle. I don't have dimensions for this as I just winged it; you can make them as small or as a big as you like; just remember that lavender is quite small, so if you make huge ones, you'll need a ton of lavender! Also, you'll need to have a rectangular shape so there is enough space at the top of your bag to tie up with ribbon.
After I cut it, I used my sewing machine (I have the Singer Starlet 6660 which we bought from Hobbycraft. I'm mentioning this because when you buy a sewing machine from them, they give you a free sewing workshop!! I recently had my workshop at the Peterborough Hobbycraft and a lovely lady called Kate ran it and it was so, so helpful!) to hem one half of the top side. You don't need to use a sewing machine, you can hand stitch these and they will look just as a great and work just as well.
Next, I hemmed the other side. I did this just so the top edge would be nice and neat and have no raw edges. It really does pay off in the end.
Then, I folded it so the hemmed edges met at the top and the inside of the fabric was facing out. I then sewed up the two side edges (I didn't sew the edge that was the fold line as this just creates unnecessary work!).
After your two sides have been stitched, you can turn it the right way round! Make sure you use a pencil or something pointy (but not sharp) to push out the bottom corners.
This is what it looks like once all the stitching, pushing out the corners and turning it the right way round has been done!
Here I just wanted to show you the inside so you can see the seams and the inside of the fabric now facing inwards. This will not be seen after you have filled it with lavender and tied it up.
Now, we were very prepared for this - we have lavender in our garden and we picked some and hung it upside down in our kitchen to dry for a few weeks. However, if you don't have lavender in your garden, you can always ask your friends or family and, if all else fails, you can buy some dried lavender.
I then went down each stalk and rubbed off the flowers. They are dry so they should come off easily. You just need to smooth your fingers over the petals, against the way they're growing, and they should come away from the stalk.
Note: you don't want the stalks in your bags so put them to the side!
I then put the lavender into my bag! You can decide how much you want to put in each bag, so there is no measurement for this either. It will, of course, depend on the size of your bag and how much extra fabric you want left to tie your ribbon on to.
After this, all I did was tie it up with ribbon that matched my fabric!
Thank you so much for reading along with us. We hope you enjoyed this and we'd love to see pictures of lavender bags you've made in the past or are going to be making!
Keep crafting x
If you fancy checking out our Etsy shop for lovely crafty gifts and snail mail/happy mail/scrapbooking/journalling supplies, click here.
Our Etsy shop
Our YouTube channel
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