You will need
- A fine net of about 20x20cm
- A tea plate
- A pair of scissors
- A round-ended needle with a large eye
- About 30cm of embroidery thread or similar
- A short length of narrow silk ribbon.
What you do
To prepare the lavender
- Pick about 20 stems of lavender on a warm sunny day. The
middle of the morning is best, when the sun has dried the dew.
- Arrange them carefully on a wire tray to dry. A cake cooling
tray is ideal. Make sure the flower heads and stems do not touch
each other.
- Place on a sheet of paper in an airing cupboard. Leave for
about 1 week.
To make the bag
Follow these steps and the pictures on the right.
- Strip the dried heads carefully from the stems.
- Cut a circle of net using a tea plate as a template.
- Cut 30cm of embroidery silk or similar. Thread a round-headed
needle with a large eye. Use a running stitch. Sew the thread
approximately 2 cm from the edge of the net circle. As you
sew, ease the thread carefully. Take care not to pull too hard.
It may tear the net!
- Draw up the thread to form a bag, leaving a gap at the neck.
Put 2 teaspoons of lavender heads inside the bag. Pull the
thread tight and knot together with a reef knot. (Click
here to find out how to tie a reef knot).
- Tie top with ribbon, using bow.
Make as many bags as you have lavender heads for.
Uses
- Place in your clothes drawers and cupboards to make your
clothes smell nice and to keep moths away
- Or, if you think you might like a lavender bath, hang the bag
over the hot tap while you run the water.
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1. Strip the dried heads
2. Cut a circle of net
3. Sew around the edge
4. Draw up thread to make bag
5. Tie end with ribbon
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