I been collecting lavender buds lately. Several fall off when I make a lavender wand, and some I cut on purpose, let dry, and rubbed off the stems. I collected a candy dish full of them, so I decided to make some sachets. Yesterday I cut out several hearts in different fabrics and sewed them together leaving a 1" opening.
Then after turning and ironing them, I just put them in the dish to fill them up.
After the third one I ran out of buds, so guess what I did this morning; I went out and cut all the flowers off my plants so I can fill up the last four hearts.
Then after slip stitching the openings I added a ribbon to hang it and an old button from Grandma's button box.
Here's the three I finished. I gave them to the ladies last night at our Gourmand dinner.
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And on a wistful note - our baby Phoebes flew away yesterday. There were three survivors from the five eggs. Two of them, sadly, were either pushed out of the nest or fell out a couple of weeks ago. 
I took this picture Friday afternoon. It was getting rather crowded in the nest, wasn't it? I sure hope they are ok. Good luck baby Phoebes.
4 comments:
Your lavender hearts are so pretty. I know they will treasure them as a special gift from you.
Poor little phoebes. I hope the others do well on their new adventure in life.
Your lavender hearts are lovely -- and you make it look so simple! I tried and tried to make the wands, but I have a different kind of lavender with very full heads, so when I used few heads there weren't enough stems, and too many heads just made a huge 'blob' shape. Any hints as I'd love to make these.
Hi Laura
Your lavender hearts are very sweet.
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Hugs, Rhondi
Your lavender hearts are beautifully made, the ladies were very lucky to be receiving those as gifts. How lovely to have the birds nest, such a wonderful experience to watch the babies grow and eventually fledge. x
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