Making sachets - from a fragrant hobby to your own business. Scented sachet

The word "sachet" came to us from the French language, which means it in translation into Russian - "bag". Most often, this item is a tissue pocket filled with fragrant herbs or stuffed with a cloth soaked in essential oils. Sachet is used for aromatization of premises, linen, clothes.

What is a sachet?

Each house has its own specific and special smell and, unfortunately, it is not always fragrant and fresh. The reasons for this may be the age of the dwelling, the end of a protracted renovation, as well as the smells that a person brings from the street. To eliminate these same problems, sachets are used.

These bags were invented in ancient times. The first of them were sewn from fabric, leather, herbs could even be worn in furs and medallions. A little later, aromatic substances began to be sewn into clothes to protect themselves from evil spirits, bad people and the evil eye. Moreover, the components were mixtures of herbs and flowers in order to doom the house, lure love, finances, and improve their health. But often they simply made up compositions of the most pleasant smells, and then the bags were hung or laid out throughout the living room.

Sachets were especially popular in order to impart a unique and pleasant aroma to lace and bed linen, towels. The hostesses made bags of various materials, decorated them with embroidery, patterns, lace, beads and even pearls! A small loop was sewn to such a pillow and then hung in the kitchen, near the front door, in the bedroom. The finished sachet served as an indicator of the craftsmanship of the needlewoman, and also gave an idea of \u200b\u200bher as a hostess and as a woman in general.

How to sew a sachet by yourself?

Nowadays, sachets in the form of small bags filled with aromatic herbs are very popular. Thanks to such devices, you can give a pleasant smell not only to clothes, but also to paper, toys, and laundry. The sachets are also an excellent moth repellent.

Herbs for the bag can be purchased ready-made or you can independently collect those whose aroma is most preferable for you. The herbs should be picked early in the morning. Dry them in a well-ventilated place, in the shade, out of direct sunlight. It often takes 5 days to dry, after which you can start creating a composition for the future sachet.

If you wish to make a bag with refreshing properties, then fill it with lavender, rose petals, sage, and add a drop of lavender oil or rose oil. This will keep the smell for a long time.

For a nursery, a mixture of rose petals, sage, chamomile and lavender is suitable. We must not forget that the smell should be barely audible, not pronounced. It is not recommended to hang the bag next to the baby's crib. Better to put it in a wardrobe.

A combination of herbs, spices with citrus zest is suitable for the kitchen room. By the way, in the kitchen, sachets are used not only to add flavor, but also to prepare the food itself. For example, a bag filled with Tuscan herbs can be dipped into a saucepan while boiling broths, stewing fish or meat.

For the cushion itself, it is best to take a fabric made of natural material; fabric for embroidery is perfect. Unlike synthetic, such fabric will exude an aroma in the room for a longer time, which in turn will not be drowned out by notes of synthetics. Since the bag itself must be beautiful and original, it can be decorated with embroidery.

If you do not have the necessary herbs at home, then do not despair, you can fill the sachet with ordinary sawdust, which has been pre-soaked with essential oils. Sawdust is inexpensive, and you can buy them at almost any pet supply store. A huge selection of essential oils can be found in pharmacies.

To prepare sawdust, you need to pour some of them into a glass jar with a tightly screwed lid, add a few drops of essential oil there, then close the jar and shake everything well. Then repeat the same manipulations: pour sawdust into a jar, drop a drop of essential oil, shake. Then the jars with the contents should be placed in a dark place for at least 7 days.

It is also very simple to sew the bags for the future sachet: for this, rectangles or triangles, rhombuses, circles should be cut out of the fabric - as you like, decorate with lace, embroidery, beads, and then sew the edges. After that, the bag should be tightly filled with a mixture of herbs or sawdust with essential oils prepared in advance and simply tied with a ribbon or braid.

So, it is not at all difficult to sew a bag, but still how to fill it? There can be a lot of options, here are the most popular ones:

• Many people know that the smell of coffee improves mood, kills unpleasant odors, and also increases appetite. A sachet filled with coffee beans can be hung in the kitchen, it will bring a lot of benefits there !;
• The scent of pine needles has an antibacterial and refreshing effect. The natural aroma of pine and spruce needles can be enhanced with essential oil. By the way, oils of cedar, fir and pine are not only useful for the human body, but also cheer up;
• Herbs such as fennel, basil, mint, thyme, rosemary have unique beneficial properties and aromas, and mint also soothes, relieves stress and puts in order the emotional state of a person;
• To improve sleep, the sachet can be placed inside a pillowcase or the stuffing of your regular pillow. Moreover, in addition to herbs, you can use berries or rose hips. To create such a sachet, you will need 1 part of lavender buds and ½ part of jasmine, chamomile, hop petals and rose. The herbs need to be mixed, poured into a bag, and, in turn, hidden in a pillowcase or the pillow itself;
• To strengthen the immune system, you should mix sage, rosemary, lemon balm, thyme and essential oils of the same plants;
• A sachet filled with sage, rose petals, dill seeds, lavender and chamomile flowers with the addition of lemon balm, chamomile and sage essential oils can be placed in the child's room.

By the way, it is the lavender scent that leads among others, when choosing components for sachet fillers. It is persistent, it prevents the appearance of moths, it brings health benefits - it soothes and relieves stress.

Sasha do it yourself: master class

For self-production at home, sachets are required:

1. A piece of linen, cotton or cambric;
2. A small piece of lace;
3. Braid, ribbons - you need to choose such details based only on your taste preferences;
4. Decoupage napkins or transfer paper;
5. Filler for the bag: dried herbs, pine needles or orange peel or sawdust, pre-soaked with essential oils, as well as a small ball of padding polyester, so that the sachet has a beautiful shape;
6. Needle, thread, scissors.

First of all, a pattern of the desired shape should be made from the material. As an example, 2 blanks are presented - 1 in the form of a heart, and others in the form of a rectangle.

Using a hot iron, you need to transfer the image from the transfer paper to the fabric. To do this, iron the paper several times, then peel it off, and the image will be transferred to the fabric!

Then, using pre-selected ribbons of braid and lace, you should decorate the front side of the bag. By the way, it is better to do this by hand, without the help of a sewing machine.

Now it's time to sew both halves of the heart and rectangle by hand. This is done from the seamy side of the product with a rough seam. A small loop of tape should be sewn to the corner of the rectangle and in the middle of the heart, for which the bags will subsequently be hung.

Now the rough seam must be sewn on a sewing machine, while leaving a small hole through which the sealant will be poured, turn the product to the front side.

It remains to fill the pads with filler. To begin with, they should be filled with chopped and dried orange zest, for the accuracy of the procedure, a synthetic winterizer should be placed around the corners and edges. Then you should take a couple of cotton pads and drop a few drops of the essential oils prepared in advance on 1 of them, and then cover it on top with a 2nd cotton pad and place it inside the bag.

After that, the hole must be carefully sewn up and that's it - the aromatic sachet for your home is ready!

It is best to store such bags in a tightly closed container, it can be a large jar or any other container with a lid.

There is a legend that the wife of the God of Olympus Zeus, Hera, seduced him with a magic aromatic belt. Modern experts in the field of aromas believe that the composition of the filler of such a belt could well be as follows: nutmeg, jasmine, cloves, pink vanilla. You can take this into service by creating a do-it-yourself sachet fragrance composition.

Scented sachets have long been used by housewives. Sachet is a small decorative pillow filled with hard aromatic herbs and dried flowers. They were traditionally placed in closets next to clothes and linens, as well as at the head of the bed.

Nowadays, aromatic sachets are no longer hidden in closets, although this method of use is not outdated. It's a simple and wonderful way to scent your surroundings: a room, a bathroom, a closet or a car.

Manufacturers today offer many options for scented pillows with scented mixes. But, I am sure that it is much more pleasant to make a scent bag with your own hands, when you know exactly what is included in its filling.

Sachet scent should be chosen wisely and tastefully.

For linen, it is better to use: dried oregano, dried lavender, mint, black currant leaf, rose petals, orange peels, cinnamon sticks, clove stars, lemon. Thanks to them, clothes will always be fresh and fragrant.

You can buy ready-made mixtures of dried flowers for sachets (you can find very interesting options in stores, for example, with the smell of the sea).

In the nursery, it is best to hang an aromatic pillow with rose petals, sage herb, dill seeds, lavender flowers, chamomile soaked in chamomile, lemon balm and sage essential oils.

Verbena, geranium, rose petals and valerian are popular in the bedroom.

The scent of lemon balm will bring you calm and tranquility, refresh, relieve headaches and give you a sound sleep.

The scent of citrus is more exciting, it may even prevent you from falling asleep, but it is great to help you forget about the daily routine of the work day.

Coniferous smells of cedar, juniper or pine act as antiseptics, soften mood swings, relieve heartache.

Do not let in the bedroom such scents as: jasmine, daffodils, lilies, lilies of the valley, bird cherry - no matter how you like them, otherwise you have a chance to spend many restless nights fighting headaches and nightmares.

The most popular is the scent of lavender. Firstly, it lasts a long time, secondly, it drives away freeloaders such as moths, and thirdly, it has a very beneficial effect on our health, has a calming effect, relieves stress.

Scented bag fillers can be herbs with pleasant smells or natural plant extracts (essential oils). You yourself can create compositions, the aromas of which will saturate the space around you.

Scented sachets are easy to DIY. I want to bring to your attention several types of scented sachet bags.

They are different in appearance, filling, as well as the materials from which they were sewn.

Let's start with a rectangular sachet-bag, which you can decorate to your liking, just take completely different materials.

I took a regular canvas for the bag itself, and for the decoration I used pink chintz and printed calico.

For the filling, I used a purchased aromatic sachet of dried flowers left over after creation. Other natural ingredients can be used: dried aromatic herb, dried orange slices, coffee beans and even flavored tea with a pleasant rich aroma.

Let's start with the fact that we will open the details of our bag: height 17 cm, width 13 cm.

I cut the decorative strips by eye. I loosened the pink chintz along the bottom edges by pulling out the longitudinal threads.

We put the printed calico with roses on the pink chintz, fix everything with pins on both sides of the patterns, at an equal distance from the bottom edge of the bag.

We sew our decorative strips along the lower and upper edges of the printed calico, and then sew the lower part of the bag.

We make sure that everything is the same for us and we sew on the sides. We sew the formed corners of the bag obliquely and turn it inside out. We fold the upper edge and sew on a sewing machine.

If you have a very small filling of the bag, then it is better to sew the inner bag of a slightly smaller size, for example, from madapolam (French madapolam - after the name of Madapolam in India, is a plain weave cotton fabric, smooth and stiff to the touch, with a glossy surface ) or other very thin fabric.

Put the filler in a Madapolam bag, sew it up, and then put it in the main bag.

We tie the bag with either a ribbon or a linen string and decorate to your taste. I used foamiran. That's what I did…

Now I want to talk about another type of scented sachet, when sawdust or unflavored tea with the addition of aromatic oils or cosmetic fragrances is used in the filler.

Here I decided to give the sachet the shape of the pillows and decorate them with a satin ribbon.

From the materials, I took a yellow printed coarse calico with a pattern and madapolam: width 13 cm, length 15 cm.

Sawdust filler, which can be purchased at any pet store.

Let's start first by cutting out our pillows.

Two pillows of printed calico with a pattern and one of yellow coarse calico. We also cut out the bag from Madapolam.

To begin with, we sew our bags on a sewing machine, leaving one side free, which is narrower.

Now let's start creating our filler. We take a small amount of sawdust, which approximately could fit in our bag.

We put in some container and add our aromatic oil or cosmetic fragrance there, no more than 5-7 drops. We drip not all at once, but 2 or 1 drop each and stir to disperse into the contents.

Instead of sawdust, you can use tea without aroma additives. I used sawdust and cosmetic perfume.

We put our delicious-smelling sawdust into a Madapolam bag and sew it up, and then into the main pillow-bag.

We fill only one yellow pillow with aromatic sawdust, and we will fill the other two with padding polyester.

Now we need to sew up our pads so that no seams are visible. We take a needle and thread and carefully sew it up with a blind stitch.

It remains to decorate our cushions with a satin ribbon.

We place our yellow pad in the middle, fix all the pads with hot glue, squeezing a little glue into the middle, and place the pads on top of each other. We take a satin ribbon and wrap our cushions with it, gluing its ends with hot glue in the center of the upper pillow.

From the same satin ribbon we make roses and decorate the pillows with them.

To create a harmonious and beautiful composition, I used ready-made leaves from artificial flowers. Complemented with white ready-made flowers.

It turned out even very nothing ...

A handmade scent bag can be filled with the scent you collect yourself.

Think about what you prefer most, which fruits, flowers, herbs your home loves - this way, you can easily create the desired composition.

Such fabric bags also serve as a wonderful decoration of premises, a source of pleasant aroma and freshness, as well as an excellent aromatherapy tool. Hand-made scented bags can also be a good gift for your family and friends.

I wish you creative success!

Its main purpose is to eliminate unpleasant odors in the room. It is not difficult to do it yourself - for this it is enough to have the necessary ingredients on hand, which will be used as a filler, and a cloth for the case. How to make a sachet at home - read on this page.

How to make a sachet at home?

If plastic windows are installed in the room, then it is necessary to regularly ventilate the room, since such windows do not allow air to pass through, which contributes to the formation of mold and mildew on the walls.

To create the most comfortable conditions, it is recommended to use natural and safe fragrances: flowers, leaves, herbs, spices and essential oils. Sachets are very popular and effective - fabric bags filled with flower petals and aromatic herbs. It is important here to mix the flavors correctly.

If you already know how to make sachets, do not forget about the rules for storing them. Ready-made pads with different aromas should be stored separately from each other so that there is no mixing of completely different smells. The same essential oils are recommended to be used when adding them to water. The aroma will then remain for several days.

Note to the hostess. As a filler for sachets, you can use flowers, leaves, herbs, various spices (cinnamon, nutmeg, vanilla, anise, cloves, etc.), dried citrus zest (lemon, orange, tangerine, lime, etc.) , essential oils of rose, lavender, geranium, sandalwood, cedar, eucalyptus, etc. In addition, a fixer (a dried piece of violet root or coniferous resin) is always placed in the sachet, which absorbs, mixes and preserves the aromas of the dried components of the filler.

How to make a sachet with your own hands?

Look at the photo how to make a sachet with your own hands - it's very simple!

To make a sachet in the traditional way, you should mix dried flowers, petals, buds, herbs and leaves, add citrus zest. Spices can be used whole or broken into small pieces.

After that, you need to add a piece of violet root or resin and a few drops of essential oil to your liking. To stir thoroughly.

Pour the mixture into a storage container, close the lid and leave to infuse for 1 month. The mixture should be shaken periodically and mixed gently. Then the composition must be transferred to a cloth bag.

Now you know how to make a sachet, which means your room will be free of unpleasant odors!

Beauty often depends on the inner state of a person. It's hard to hide fatigue and bad mood. Rest and peace is very important for every person. Healthy sleep, good mood and much more will help you to find aroma oil.

Sachets are small cloth bags decorated with embroidery, ribbons and beads. Aromasache is usually filled with aromatic herbs, dried flowers, spices and more.

Since the Middle Ages, every mistress in the house has had scented bags. According to legends, sachets not only filled the house with a pleasant smell, but also protected from evil spirits, the evil eye.

Scented sachets can be bought at any hardware store, but most likely they will be cheap Chinese bags with artificial filler, which smells quite different from the smell of real aromatic herbs and spices.

Making aromasache

Making a scented bag yourself, which will decorate your home and give a softer and more pleasant smell, is not at all difficult.

In order to sew a fragrant bag with your own hands, you will need:

• A small piece of cloth
• Scissors
• Needles or you can use a sewing machine
• Thread
• Filler
• Essential oils
• Decor items (beads, ribbons, sequins and other decorative items of your choice)

To make a sachet, you need natural fabric. Linen, cotton, burlap and chintz are perfect. If you use artificial fabrics, the aroma of the filler will quickly lose its properties.

Two identical parts need to be cut out of the fabric. They can be in the form of rectangles or squares, as well as any other shape, depending on your imagination and skills. We leave seam allowances, about 1 cm.

If you want to embroider a design on a bag, then it is better to do this before all the details are sewn.

In order to sew a sachet in the form of a bag, you need to sew three sides of the parts folded together with the outside inward. Next, turn the sewn bag over to the front side, do not forget to process the outer edge so that the fabric does not crumble, then fill the herb with spices, tie it with a ribbon and the aroma sachet is ready to use.

You should only fill it with dried herbs and flowers, otherwise you and your guests will enjoy the smell of mold. Herbs and petals will need to be chopped, mixed, and only then filled in the sachet.

Sachet filling

The filling can be so different that sometimes it is even difficult to choose.

Usually sachets are filled with dried flowers with a delicate pleasant smell, aromatic herbs, tree bark, coffee, citrus fruits, cinnamon, sea salt, etc. Essential oils can be added to enhance the scent.

It all depends on your preferences, desires and for what purpose you want to do it.

The base of the bag should be one plant, and the rest should only complement it. The aroma of the sachet should be subtle, delicate, barely perceptible.

Pouch filler

What is the best way to fill the aromasache?

For cabinet

For a closet, it's best to fill the bag with lavender. In addition to its delicate, mild scent, the sachet will scare away unwanted insects, such as moths.

You can also fill the aroma oil with rose petals, lemon oil, mint, rosemary. For a linen cabinet, the bag can be filled with lemon balm or cloves.

Every time you take out clean bedding or clothes, you will enjoy a pleasant, delicate aroma.

For kitchen

Filling with spices and aromatic herbs is perfect for the kitchen.

One of the best options is the smell of coffee. The aroma of coffee invigorates well, increases efficiency, improves mood - this is all that is needed for a good start to the day.

Carnation promotes recovery after hard working days, relieves stress, helps to extinguish psychological stress.

Coriander is suitable for relieving unpleasant experiences, it also fights fears and anxiety, and actively whets the appetite.

Lavender soothes the nervous system, relieves headaches.

Mint restores strength, relieves fatigue, and helps to cope with heavy physical exertion.

Cinnamon improves digestion, relieves stress, encourages action.

Citrus fruits invigorate, cheer up, fight depression.

For the bedroom

The bedroom is the room in which a person rests, relaxes, gains strength for new victories.

In order to enjoy a healthy sleep or just have a good rest, it is better to use essential oils and plants such as lemon balm, lavender, rose, mint, chamomile, thyme, pine, fir, geranium, valerian. These scents soothe, relax, relieve anxiety, fight sleepless nights.

It is not advisable to use the scents of bird cherry, jasmine, lily and narcissus in the bedroom, as they provoke nightmares, cause nausea and migraine.

For bathroom

Bathrooms are often humid, which is why the dry herb filler will damp too quickly, so it is better to use bags of sea salt. It is advisable to pre-mix the salt with wax and add a couple of drops of essential oil to this mixture.

In order to cheer up on the contents of the sachet, drip a few drops of oil of cloves, pine needles, sage, roses. In order to relax on the contrary, use chamomile, myrrh, lavender and frankincense oils.

Tea tree, thyme, or clove oil can be used to remove damp odors and prevent mold and mildew.

For auto

While driving, it is important to be attentive and focus on the road, so it is better to fill the sachet with herbs and flowers with bright invigorating aromas.

Tea tree oil eliminates fatigue and weakness in the body.

Basil has a positive effect on memory and helps you focus.

The scent of lemon fights nausea.

Grapefruit increases activity, relieves drowsiness while driving, relieves aggression.

Verbena increases concentration, improves mood and mental activity, and feels a surge of energy.

Whatever sachet content you choose for your home or car, you need to change it to a new one every three months, as the aroma sachet loses its properties. Use the tips and tricks to make a DIY sachet for your home or give to a loved one. Such a gift will bring warmth and comfort to every home.

The fashion for scented pads came from France. Of course, many peoples of the world used dry herbs, seeds and flowers to flavor rooms, but it was the French who began to place them in beautiful bags or pillows, gave them a name and turned them into a fashionable element of the interior.

Today, making sachets with your own hands is also popular because everything natural, environmentally friendly has become fashionable. People are so detached from nature that now they are trying in every possible way to somehow compensate for this. And, of course, it should be noted that plants have their own special energy, therefore, herbal bags play the role of a kind of amulets and neutralizers of negative energy. Depending on your wishes and preferences, you can make a sachet with your own hands and fill it with herbs and flowers at your own discretion. Let's see how you can make an aromatic herbal pouch.

How to make a sachet?

To make a sachet, first of all you need flower petals, dried herbs, spices, spicy seeds, essential oils. All this is placed in a prepared bag. The top of the bag is tied with a ribbon. You can also make a sachet in the form of a candy, pillow. It all depends only on your imagination.

How to fill the sachet?

First of all, you should decide on the purpose of making a sachet: you make it as a talisman or to flavor the air. Before making a sachet with your own hands, you need to study the magical power of plants, which can be used to solve certain problems.

1. To attract happiness and love, you need to make a love sachet. To do this, mix the petals of a carnation, rose, gypsophila in equal proportions and add chopped orange peel. The bag for such a scented pillow is made of pink fabric.
2. If you want to achieve well-being in your home, you need to mix dry rosemary and basil leaves, one part each of fern and bay leaves and three parts of dill seed. A pinch of salt is added to the resulting mixture. All this is placed in a red bag and is located in the highest place in the apartment.
3. To make a DIY sachet to attract wealth and money, you need to prepare a green bag and fill it with a mixture of 3 parts patchouli, 2 parts clove seed and 1 part cinnamon.
4. To protect ourselves from negative energy and the evil eye, pour dill and caraway seeds mixed with salt into a white or red bag.
5. If you suffer from insomnia and dream of restful sleep, you need to prepare a mixture of lavender and flowers and place it in a bag of calm color. This aromatic sachet is placed under the pillow.

If you want to flavor clothes or air, then, in addition to a mixture of dry plants, you must use essential oils and special powders with a more pronounced odor. Below are the most common ingredients for a Simple Scented Sachet:

Ylang-ylang, lavender, rose;

Lemon, cloves, rosemary;

Rose, lemon, lavender;

Lemon, mint, cloves, rosemary.

Now you know how to make a sachet with your own hands. It is not difficult at all, and a beautiful pillow will become a source of freshness, pleasant aroma and will help to solve many problems.