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hi in this video i'm going to show you
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how to make your own lavender sachets
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really cute great gift idea just pop
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them in a drawer put them over a
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rail in a wardrobe great for freshening
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clothes and keeping the moths away
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so quick and simple but a great gift
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so i'm christine of christie's crust.com
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and this channel is dedicated to
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so what are you going to need some
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lavender if like me you grow lavender
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then you're going to have your own that
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you've dried but you can buy it
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some embroidery thread just act as the
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hanger on your your tea bag
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this is a tumble dryer sheet an old used
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or you can just use ordinary fabric
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something just to make your bag and
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here you're going to see some nice
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labels that you can use they're free to
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download and printable
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and there's also a pattern template
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that's also free to download
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the links are below and on the screen at
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the moment they're available freely from
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so the first thing to do is to cut out
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no need to allow seam allowances the
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template takes all that into
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just cut it out and then you're going to
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or clip it to your fabric so i'm using
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old tumble dryer sheet partly it's a
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nice little recycling project
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and partly because it gives that nice
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tea bag effect like a real tea bag
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i have made some in the past with some
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nice craft cottons and they work
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really well too so once you've pinned it
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remove your template and there you've
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piece of fabric so fold it in half and
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you can see that teabag shape appearing
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so pin along one side and also
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the little slopey side and then do the
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on the opposite side and we're going to
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sew along those make some little seams
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don't however sew along the top you're
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going to leave that open
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to allow you to turn your teabag the
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so just going to sew down those sides
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i recommend doing these on a sewing
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machine because it makes them really
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quick but if you don't have a machine
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hand they're not massive it's not going
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to take you very long
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it's a little reverse at the beginning
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to make sure your stitches don't come
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i'll turn at the corner run it to the
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little reverse and there you go that's
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cut off your threads and take yourself
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and do the other side
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again a little rest at the end turn at
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finish it off with a reverse and cut off
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so now you've got your little tea bag i
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recommend that you cut
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any excess off at the corners and you
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it's just so you don't have too much
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bulk especially if you're using the
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tumble dryer sheet because you'll be
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through be careful not to snip any
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just take your time at this point and
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then it's time to turn your tea bag out
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if you are using a tumble dryer sheet
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delicate so do be careful when you're
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i've sped the film up but i actually
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took quite a bit of time doing it
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you don't want to be pushing it and
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forcing it equally well you don't want
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to be getting anything sharp to force
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your corners out i'm purely using my
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feel how hard i'm doing it and making
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i don't poke my finger through
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and once you're happy with it that's
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you need to fill it with your lavender
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so it's up to you whether you use some
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sort of funnel to get it in there or
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you just persevere and keep pushing it
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don't put too much in because you don't
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want it to all push out and bulge
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you want it to look like a tea bag and a
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full so just keep checking you'll see i
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until you're happy with the amount
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i'm happy with that it just lies down
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so the next thing to do is to get your
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embroidery thread and cut a length
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it's entirely up to you how long but i
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suggest something about four or six
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and tie a knot in one end the only
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reason you're tying a knot
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is so that when you sew it in in a
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moment it'll not be able to pull through
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so you'll see i just keep forming not
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after not after not till i'm happy
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so take your tea bag and fold those top
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so that you can sew them together and
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closing up your tea bag so
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put the knot that you've just formed
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with the yarn hanging outside the
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and pin it in place just make sure you
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get it in the center of the bag so that
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it looks right when you've sewn it
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and then it's back to the sewing machine
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or a little bit of hand sewing
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a bit of reverse run along
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taking your pins out as you go making
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sure that thread stays in place
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little reverse at the other end and now
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and it's got a thread on it to hang it
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or to decorate it so now you're going to
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go to your sheet of labels and you're
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going to cut out two identical ones
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you'll see there's a selection on there
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but i've gone for a nice simple one
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you're watching me knot in the other end
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of your thread and then you're going to
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glue that between the two labels
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so turn one of your labels over and
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any sort of multi-purpose glue will do
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doesn't need to be particularly strong
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and just apply a little to the back of
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and then you're going to put the
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in there you see i'm having trouble with
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it's all or nothing isn't it so then
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place the thread in so that the knot
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will sit in the middle of that glue
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and then you're going to glue the other
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now you see i'm just spreading out that
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glue because i've got quite a lot in
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and i also want the edges to stick down
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place that thread in again the knot will
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through and glue that
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on once you're happy with it just leave
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and then that is your teabag lavender
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so now it's up to you what you do with
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it it looks lovely if you just wrap the
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the string around place it like that
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you've got a lovely gift
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wrap that up anyone would be pleased to
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um i said i would show you some that i'd
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an ordinary craft cotton so there's one
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so good luck making yours i hope you
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and i hope the people you give them to
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enjoy them so thank you for watching
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