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  • Silk Gift Sachets
  • From "DIY Crafts"
    episode DIC-244
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    This project -- as lovely as it is fragrant -- can be varied in fabric, scent and finishing materials as desired.

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    Figure A

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    Figure B

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    Figure C

    Sewing expert Linda Lee uses alternating colors of silk organza and potpourri to create fragrant gift sachets.

    Materials:

    Silk organza
    Metallic silk organza
    Scissors
    Iron
    Chalk
    Chalk marker
    Cable-twisted rayon thread
    Straight pins

    1. Begin by tearing the silk organza into two square pieces.

    2. Tear the metallic silk organza into two smaller squares.

    3. Iron the edges of all pieces.

    4. Stack the smaller squares onto the larger squares.

    5. Use a chalk marker and chalk to draw a vertical line down the center of the smaller silk organza square.

    6. Use the chalk marker (figure A) to draw a horizontal line crossing the vertical one. Brush away chalk lines.

    7. Tie a knot -- which will become part of the design -- in the end of rayon thread.

    8. Handstitch vertical and horizontal lines (figure B) on metallic square. Leave edges unsewn.

    9. Fill each of the four pockets that have been created with potpourri (figure C).

    10. Tip: Pin the pockets shut after filling to hold them closed while sewing edges. Sew edges closed.


    RESOURCES :
    Sensational Sachets: Sewing Scented Treasures
    Model: 0806998113
    Author: Stephanie Valley

    Scented Gifts: From Sachets to Soap, from Gingerbread to Potpourri
    Model: 1579901425
    Author: Laura Dover Doran

    Potpourri Sachets and Air Fresheners
    Model: 1568202245
    Author: Story Time Staff


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    Linda Lee
    2010 Balboa Street
    San Francisco, CA 94121
    Phone: 785-357-6229
    Tollfree Phone: 800-466-1599
    Fax: 785-357-6229
    Email: dezynn@aol.com
    Website: www.sewingworkshop.com
    Owner, The Sewing Workshop

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