If you are always looking for ways to bring your garden inside, but you are short of time around the holidays, try making evergreen sachets.
A simple way to bring your winter garden indoors is to make evergreen sachets. Evergreen sachets will instantly give you a whiff of the holidays and a much warmer sense of the crispness of winter.
Difficulty: Average
Time Required: A couple of weeks to dry the evergreen needles. 20-30 minutes to make the sachets.
Here's How:
- Choose evergreen branches from your yard or nursery.
- Lay them out on screen or somewhere where they will get good air circulation and allow them to dry until the needles drop off the branches.
- Get a remnant of material or something like an old tablecloth and cut rectangles to the width you want your sachets to be and approximately twice the length. Cut a 1/4 inch wider for making a hem.
- Hem under the two long ends of the sachet rectangle. You can do this by machine or by hand.
- Sew up the side seams of the sachet to make a pouch.
- Scoop your evergreen needles into the pouch and secure the open end with some ribbon or raffia.
Tips:
- Balsam needles seem to have the strongest, longest lasting fragrance.
- Placing sachets where they will get warm, but not hot, will release their fragrance better. Try placing one near a heating vent.
- Always keep away from open flames.
What You Need:
- Evergreen Branches
- Scrap Fabric
- Needle and Thread or Sewing Machine
- Ribbon or Raffia
