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dillyd
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dillyd
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Turn the bags inside out, fill with the stuffing. The instructions said to mix the lavender with rice. I also happened to have some old wheat and barley that I didn't think I was ever going to cook, so I threw them in. Tie them shut and voilà!

One sewn fabric bag that is still inside out, with a lot of excess fabric at the bottom, next to several bags that have been turned right side out. Spooning a mixture of lavender and grains into a small fabric bag. A pack of kitchen twine in front of filled fabric bags, some of which have already been tied shut with the twine.
dillyd
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I tried it out with one handkerchief, and once I was happy with the size, I chain-sewed the rest. I didn't bother pressing the seams or trimming the extra fabric - it simply wasn't necessary for the final look of this project.

Two handkerchiefs, folded in half, being run through a sewing machine. The sewing machine foot is at the edge of the blue handkerchief and about to move to the brown handkerchief. Three folded handkerchiefs that have been chain-stitched Scissors cutting between two seams on a folded blue handkerchief.
dillyd
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I looked up some online instructions for how to sew the bags shut. The first suggestion was to use premade drawstring sachets. Not what I had in mind, since I didn't want to spend money. I found this site with the excellent idea of tying them shut. Faster than sewing, and with the added benefit of reusability. When the lavender loses its scent with age, I can simply refill them. 
https://www.thesprucecrafts.com/how-to-make-lavender-sachets-4685886

dillyd
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I didn't feel like hemming the opening of 32 tiny fabric bags. But I had some already hemmed handkerchiefs. Used once, and disappointing because the edges got really wrinkled after a first wash. I'm not willing to use something that has to be ironed between each wash. But I am willing to iron something once for a project.

Some handkerchiefs, red, blue, and brown, with a beige checkered pattern. The edges are super wrinkly. If you folded these to put in your pocket, they would be super bulky because of the wrinkles. The same handkerchiefs, now nicely pressed flat.
dillyd
@dillyd@turtleisland.social

I looked up some online instructions for how to sew the bags shut. The first suggestion was to use premade drawstring sachets. Not what I had in mind, since I didn't want to spend money. I found this site with the excellent idea of tying them shut. Faster than sewing, and with the added benefit of reusability. When the lavender loses its scent with age, I can simply refill them. 
https://www.thesprucecrafts.com/how-to-make-lavender-sachets-4685886

dillyd
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RE: https://turtleisland.social/@dillyd/114721861230082312

I made lavender sachets with some handkerchiefs and kitchen twine.
#lavender #crafts #sewing

A beige basket full of lavender sachets made from various colors and styles of handkerchiefs.
dillyd
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Draw me like one of your French girls.
#DogsOfMastodon

A small gray dog lying on his back, stretched all the way out, with his right hind leg reaching up, and his pink tongue out in a glorious mlem. His head is hanging over the edge of the couch. He looks like he might fall out of his sexy pose and tumble onto the floor. No dogs were hurt in the taking of this photo.
dillyd
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I'm so glad to be able to use this hashtag again.
#icetodon

A lake surface, mostly icy, covered with snow at the top and bottom of the frame, with a break in the ice in the middle, showing darker water with some fallen leaves caught under the ice.
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Paper birch

The trunk of a paper birch tree in a snowy forest. The bark of the tree peels in layers, leaving uneven stripes of white, gray, beige, and brown.
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Animal tracks

Snow with tracks of a small animal with a tail. Pairs of deeper impressions, with curved thin lines from the tail. Tracks of an animal that walks with its rear paws almost directly in the prints of the front paws, but not quite exactly, so there's a single print that appears to have seven toes where there was overlap. My boot is there for scale, women's size 10, and the double paw print is about as wide as my foot and about half as long. A trail of tiny animal prints, shallow pairs of impressions in the snow. It looks like it hopped along and under a couple of snow covered logs.
dillyd
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I had a beautiful walk on the mountain! Next time I'll take my crampons lol but for today I stuck to a more flat trail.
#mushtodon #ferniverse #snowstodon

A mushroom on the side of a tree stump, with snow above that has melted and frozen over the top of the mushroom, making a beautiful shiny glaze like a crème brûlée Green ferns sticking out of snow