Cheap printed handkerchiefs can have lots of uses. You can patchwork them together to make baby doona covers, cushions or pillows, or sew them together down one side to make a cloth baby book. One of my favourite uses for handkerchiefs turns them into cheap, pretty lavender sachets to scatter everywhere.
Just take a single handkerchief. It helps if it has some sort of circular pattern because you start by straight stitching a circle around the centre:
Next you draw up the thread so that it forms a bag shape, like a bubble:
Now you fill the bag with dried lavender buds:
Draw up the thread tight so that the lavender is enclosed in the bag, and put in a few stitches to hold it all in place:
Finally add a pretty ribbon bow and make a loop so the lavender sachet can be hung in a wardrobe. You can stash them in drawers, gifts of clothing and baby blankets, or wherever you want the scent of lavender.
The completed lavender sachet:
