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If you are searching for unique garden craft ideas then here is one for you. Garden Pouch craft is a distinct craft, which will display your creativity.

Evergreen Sachets

If you want to have the feel of garden inside your home, but you are not able to find a way to do so, try making evergreen sachets yourself on some holiday. As this is the best & simple way to bring your garden indoors. Evergreen sachets will help you feel freshness of nature even inside your home. Handmade garden sachets are made of the materials which are easily available at your home. This garden craft idea will not only serve your aesthetic purpose, but will also help you to give your home a feel of garden. So, along with your kids and other family members, start working on garden pouch craft project and make your creation a memorable one.

How to Make Garden Evergreen Sachet

Material
  • Evergreen Branches
  • Scrap Fabric
  • Needle and Thread, or Sewing Machine
  • Ribbon or Raffia
Method
Now you have all the material available with you, so start making your evergreen sachet with the help of the method given below:
  • Collect few evergreen branches from your garden, or you can even get it from some nursery.
  • Lay these evergreen branches at the place where they can get proper air circulation.
  • Allow the branches to dry until the needles came out of them.
  • Now take some remnant of material or some old tablecloth and cut it in rectangular shape according to the width you want for your sachets.
  • Make sure that it should be approximately twice the length & then cut it 1/4 inch wider for making a hem.
  • Now hem the cloth under the two long ends of the sachet rectangle. You can sew this sachet with the help of sewing machine or by hand.
  • Then to give it a look of pouch, sew up the side seams of the sachet.
  • After this pouch is ready, put the evergreen needles into the pouch
  • In the end, secure the open end with some ribbon or raffia.
Tips
Given below are few tips which can help you make these evergreen sachets more effective in their fragrance.
  • Use balsam needles, as they have long lasting and strongest fragrance.
  • Place the sachets in a warm area but make sure it should not be too hot. You can place it near some heating vent where it can release the fragrance better.
  • Keep these evergreen sachets away from open flames or fire, as they can catch fire very easily.