How to Make Scented Sachets With Rice

Freshening your linen closets, luggage and drawers can prove to be a challenge. Fortunately, you can make scented sachets from a few basic materials that provide bursts of fragrance to freshen your home environment. Making scented sachets from rice allows you the creativity to experience with fragrance oils in a versatile rice base. Making the sachets can be a brief but rewarding endeavor.

Difficulty:

Moderately Easy

Instructions

Things You'll Need

• 2 muslin squares (4 by 4 inches)
• Rice (4 Tbsp.)
• Fragrance oil (10 drops)
• Fabric glue
• Silk ribbon (10 inches)

1. Smooth out one of the muslin squares in front of you, making sure it has no wrinkles or creases in it.

2. Squeeze a line of glue along the side and bottom edges of the fabric square. Don't glue the top edge.

3. Layer the second square of fabric over the glued one. Press the edges together to adhere them. Let the squares dry for two hours.

4. Turn the pouch inside out, so that the glued parts create a rounded seam.

5. Mix the rice and a mixture of 10 drops of fragrant oil in a bowl. Mix it thoroughly with a metal spoon. Appropriate scents include lavender, chamomile, garden mint and jasmine. Be creative and choose your favorite blend of scents.

6. Spoon the mixture into the sack.

7. Tie the silk ribbon into a bow around the opened end of the filled sachet, making sure to gather the opening closed with the ribbon. Repeat these steps with different scent variations to create a variety of sachets for your home.

Tips & Warnings

• Place your homemade sachets in your drawers, linen closets and bathroom soap baskets for fresh scent infusions.

References

• Insightful Nana: Sachets