An Iris Sachet
Tuesday, May 11, 2010 at 3:34PM 
Each week during the school year I attend a Community Bible Study class. My youngest son goes with me and stays in the nursery while I go to my small group. This week will be the last time we meet this year and I wanted to make something to take to the nursery attendant that watches him each week. Her name is Iris so I first looked for machine embroidery designs featuring that flower. I finally settled on doing a bit of silk ribbon embroidery and making a little sachet.
The iris is an easy flower to create with ribbon embroidery as it is created with a lazy daisy (or chain) stitch and some straight stitches. I found a lovely video on YouTube that showed numerous ways of creating this bloom but I went with the simplest form. The hand-dyed silk ribbon I used came from RibbonSmyth and was lovely but the too-long delivery time on my order makes me hesitant to order from them again.
I began with a six-inch square of white dupioni silk and marked a four-inch square in the center. Turning the square on-point, I marked three straight lines representing the stems and machine stitched those using a triple stitch and rayon thread. Next, I embroidered the flowers and the leaves (which are simple straight stitches with a twist). I trimmed the finished square to four inches and basted a length of ribbon to the top corner for hanging. Next I cut another four-inch square of fabric and sewed the two right sides together, leaving a space for turning. I made a small muslin “pillow” and stuffed it with potpourri. I used batting and fiberfill to stuff the sachet and hand stitched the opening closed. I used more of the silk ribbon to tie a bow at the top. I hope Iris will enjoy her new sachet.
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Reader Comments (3)
Absolutely beautiful!! I'm sure Iris will love it!
I love your blogsite and love seeing all of the wonderful things that you are making. Haven't written to much on the blogsite, don't seem to want to write that much about myself. Am in the process of developing some new things that I could possibly blog about. Stay tuned.
Happy desining to you,
Debbie
I love your blogsite and love seeing all of the wonderful things that you are making. Haven't written to much on the blogsite, don't seem to want to write that much about myself. Am in the process of developing some new things that I could possibly blog about. Stay tuned.
Happy designing to you,
Debbie