Happy August! Today is the start of Family Fun Month, as well as American Family Day Eve; and, starting tomorrow, it’s National Farmers Market Week.
In honor of all of this, here’s a fun craft I learned from Mom when I was young and did with my own kids and their Campfire group almost 35 years ago. The whole family can make these, together – and then sell them at a farmer’s market in your area.
HOMEMADE NO-SEW SACHETS
By Gloria Pitzer [no printed source, circa 1970s]
My mom was a very crafty lady. This is a relatively free or inexpensive project – something we made together when I was young, using scraps of material and ribbons, as well as roses and wild flowers, which were picked from the garden and hung (upside down, for a week) to dry. Sometimes Mom added soap shavings for extra scent.
Sachets can be easily created in minutes then tucked into drawers or set on closet shelves to conjure up the fresh scent of a pine forest or the sweet aroma of a Victorian rose garden. Try to select fabrics and potpourri scents that complement each other – like plaid and pine or paisley and patchouli or floral and roses.
INGREDIENTS/ITEM NEEDS:
Scissors
Scraps of material, enough to cut into 10-inch squares
An empty Pringles® can, with the top edge unrolled
Material glue or fusible tape
2 10-inch ribbons, for each square of material (or cut 10-inch strips from the material scraps)
Dried flowers or fresh pine needles (or use packaged potpourri from the dollar store)
Floral or “Irish Spring” soap shavings – optional
INSTRUCTIONS:
Cut scraps of material into 10-inch squares. Wrap around an empty Pringles® can (with the top edge unrolled) and secure, together, with material glue or fusible tape. Slide a few inches of the material off of the top of the can then twist and tie with one of the ribbons.
Slide material the rest of the way off of the can and fill with potpourri (and soap shavings, if you like), to within a few inches of the open end so you can twist and tie it off with another ribbon, creating a Tootsie Roll® shape. There are so many ways to dress these little bundles up with buttons, beads, charms, shells and the like. Let your imagination run wild.
LAST THOUGHTS…
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