Years ago when I first started quilting, I saved all my long scraps and once I had enough of one type of color, would sew them onto muslin squares. The idea was to eventually make these into a new quilt. I have 7 or 8 of them and last year started repurposing them into other items.
The purple square is now a sachet stuffed with lavender. Lavender is said to help in relaxation and also to repel insects, so it can hang by the bed or in a closet. Sometimes it pays to admit that half-finished projects may never get completed…but there is often a new way to use the work you have already done.
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Lavender is one of my favorite scents and the anti-moth that I have in the closets has that scent! I think I’ll be borrowing your idea to make some of those to put in drawers and hang in the beds. 🙂
It is so much nicer than the smell of mothballs.
I need to make some sachets with weaving samples–they are piling up . . .
That’s a good idea, although I liked your teacup pin cushion too.
Lavender is supposed to keep bugs out of yarn too. Very cute
I may need to make a few more to add to my yarn bins.
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