Handmade weddings: lavender favours
A guest post by Holly
We love a guest post here at Shropshire Petals, what did you do with your petals, how did you customise your wheatsheaf or in this case, how to make lavender favours, a very pretty and unique wedding favour for a personal touch. Today's guest post comes from Holly at The Swans Nest, we loved her write up using Shropshire Petals lavender grain for a lovely floral fragrance.
Handmade weddings:
lavender favours
I made little lavender
bags as favours for all the girls at our wedding. I thought it would be nice
for the guests to have something pretty and useful that they could take home as
a reminder of the day. Everyone seemed to love them and although making fifty
of them took a while they were surprisingly simple to make so I thought I'd
share a little tutorial with you.
To start you need two
pieces of fabric cut into rectangles - mine were approx 10x12cm but you could
make these any size you like. You'll also need some ribbon cut into strips
about 15cm long. If you're going to make lots of these I'd suggest cutting all
your fabric and ribbon at the same time as it will save time later.
Next you need to pin the
fabrics together - good side in and fold the length of ribbon in half and pin
the ribbon so that it sits inside the layers of fabric and the ends poke out of
the top (and yes my pin cushion is shaped like a mushroom).
Using a sewing machine,
sew the pieces of fabric and ribbon together leaving a gap of about an inch so
you have a gap to fill the bags with lavender. Once you've finished you can
turn the bag right side out and they will look something like this.
I made lots of these
little bags in different fabrics as I wanted a bit of a mix and match look to our
favours. I used lavender grain bought from Shropshire
Petals - it was nice to know
that the lavender was grown near by.
Using a funnel made
from paper you can simply fill the bags through the gap you left and once they
are full enough tuck in the open edges of the bag. To seal the gap I ran a
zig-zag stitch round the edges of the whole bag as I quite like the rustic look
it created but you could hand-stitch the opening if you wanted to.
I still have a few
of these left over and they still smell lovely two months after the wedding - I
love getting a waft of lavender as I open my sewing box and it's a smell that
will always remind me of our wedding.
What do you think?
I've just added these to my Etsy shop so
if you'd like some made for your wedding then please do let me know - I can
make them in any colour and fabric you would like.
H x
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