Lavender is one of my favorite scents, so when I was given the gift of a small lavender sachet to put in the dryer with my laundry I was excited. The first time I used it, I absolutely loved the smell of my clothes and there was no way that any fabric softener was going to smell the same. Sadly it just stopped smelling as good and I decided I was going to sit down and figure out a way to make them so that I would have a supply of them. They also make a unique and inexpensive gift for those friends and family that might be hard to buy for. Plus it is a great way to use the baby’s socks that she has grown out of.
Materials Needed:
- Clean socks of any size.
- Dried lavender
- Sewing needle and thread
- Scissors
- Ribbon (optional)
Instructions:
- Find the socks you will use for your sachets. Baby socks work well because they come in cute patterns but any sock will do. If you have lost one of a pair of socks it makes sense to put the remaining sock to good use. Make sure the socks are clean and have a tight enough weave to hold the dried lavender.
- Fill the sock with the desired amount of lavender. Don’t pack it too tightly because you want the lavender to be able to move around a bit inside the sachet while the dryer is running. This helps to release the fragrance.
- Using the needle and thread, sew the sock closed, preferably just above the enclosed lavender.
- Add a loop of ribbon if you want to be able to hang the sachet up in the laundry room between loads. Just make a loop of ribbon the desired length and secure it to the sock using the needle and thread.
- Just before adding the sachet to a load of laundry, squeeze it several times to make the fragrance more pronounced.