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ITH Linen Wildflower Sachets Embroidery Project

By Pat Williams on April 11, 2022

PROJECT DETAILS

SKILL LEVEL

Beginner

TIME REQUIRED

00:25

FINISHED SIZE

2.75 x 4 inches

Description

Elegant sachets to stitch up for appreciated little gifts.

Project Preview Video

Materials

For each sachet:

5” x 7” embroidery hoop

2 5” x 6” rectangles of white or natural linen

Poly-mesh stabilizer to fit your hoop

Filling for many sachets:

2 cups of uncooked rice

1 cup of dried lavender

3 to 4 drops of lavender essential oil

Spray starch

Spray adhesive

Tube turner or other blunt object for turning

Designs used in this project

https://www.embroiderydesigns.com/productdetails/pat-williams/designs/1/linsc01

https://www.embroiderydesigns.com/productdetails/pat-williams/designs/1/linsc02

https://www.embroiderydesigns.com/productdetails/pat-williams/designs/1/linsc03

https://www.embroiderydesigns.com/productdetails/pat-williams/designs/1/linsc04

https://www.embroiderydesigns.com/productdetails/pat-williams/designs/1/linsc05

Final Product: What You Will Create

Preface:

Step 1:

Cut 2 5” x 6” rectangles of linen and press with starch. Tautly hoop poly-mesh stabilizer in your hoop.

Step 2:

Run color stop 1 (CS1) in a thread to match your fabric.

Step 3:

Spray adhesive on one of the linen rectangles and position over the placement lines so that the fabric exceeds the placement lines by 1” on all sides. Run CS 2 in a thread that matches your fabric to tack down the fabric.

Step 4:

Follow the color chart to embroider the wildflower. Do not run the last color stop yet.

Step 5:

Lay the 2nd rectangle of linen over the embroidery aligning the two pieces of fabric. No spray adhesive on this one.

Step 6:

Run the last color stop in a thread that matches your fabric as a final seam. Note that this seam leaves an opening on the right side of the sachet.

Step 7:

For ease in handling cut away the excess stabilizer from around the fabric. Then cut at an angle in the fabrics on each side of the opening.

Step 8:

Trim around the stitched edges with a ¼” seam allowance. Clip all corners for easy turning. Trim the opening seam allowance to 3/8” to ½”.

Step 9:

Fold back the two top pieces of linen and trim the stabilizer under them to ¼” seam allowance.

Step 10:

Turn the project right side out using a blunt object to shape the corners; fold in the side seam allowances and press.

Step 11:

Mix 2 cups of uncooked rice, 1 cup of dried lavender and 3 or four drops of essential oil.

Step 12:

While holding the sachet over the bowl, spoon the mixture into the sachet until it is about 2/3rds full.

Step 13:

Use a ladder stitch to close the opening. There are many videos on youtube® on how to stitch a ladder stitch. It is an easy stitch to learn if you are not familiar with it.

Step 14:

Make the whole set as they make great little gifts for Mother’s Day or any day that you want someone to know you are thinking of them. Make some for yourself too to sweeten your lingerie drawers.

For the love of embroidery… Pat Williams

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Meet the Author: Pat Williams

Award winning Digitizer, Embroidery Educator, Author and a Consultant to the Industry, Pat Williams has 30 years of experience in the embroidery industry. Pat has won multiple awards for her digitizing expertise including the 2007 Impressions Awards Grand Championship, Best of Show as well as the 1st and 2nd Place Awards. Pat’s love of digitizing has afforded her the opportunity to write numerous articles for Impressions magazine in the United States and Images Magazine in Europe. In 2001 Pat was named “Embroidery Educator of the Year.” For many years Pat taught digitizing seminars at the ISS Shows in Long Beach, CA and for Compucon software. She now resides in Tucson, AZ.

ITH Linen Wildflower Sachets Embroidery Project

PROJECT DETAILS

Project Preview Video

ITH Linen Wildflower Sachet 1

ITH Linen Wildflower Sachet 2

ITH Linen Wildflower Sachet 3

ITH Linen Wildflower Sachet 4

ITH Linen Wildflower Sachet 5

Cut Away Stabilizer - 2.5 Oz wt.