Thursday, December 6, 2012

How to Make Moth Repellent Sachet Bags

After discovering moth damage to cashmere sweaters, I sought the advice from readers in this post a few days ago on ways to prevent moths from setting up housekeeping among favorite clothing items.

All advice was excellent; I appreciated each comment. Now I am on a mission to make sachet bags filled with herbs and spices known to be effective in deterring these pesky insects.

I was fortunate enough to gather the rosemary, thyme and mint from the garden, and had on hand bay leaves, stick cinnamon and cloves.

Today I assembled the ingredients for my bags:

Rosemary, bay leaves, mint leaves, thyme, cinnamon and cloves.
I  had unused lavender buds stashed away and decided to add them as the "bulk" ingredient in my little bags:

Lavender buds
Not wanting to sew, I remembered I had these little silk organza bags with a drawstring ribbon that would be perfect bags for this project:


These bags are from Chico's, received when a piece of costume jewelry was purchased there last year. I have more packed away "somewhere" and home I can find them (unless of course, they were part of my crash and burn clearing-out-the-clutter project recently!)
Here's a photo of the assembled ingredients. I may wait a few days -- until the fresh herbs have dried -- before I fill the bags.

A potpourri of herbs and spices


This mix is pretty enough to leave in a bowl and use as a holiday decoration!
My new bags will go onto shelves in the closet, where I keep my sweaters.

Here are some lavender-filled sachet bags I made several years ago and placed in bureau drawers. All these involved sewing, which I didn't want to do this time.


This morning, I also have begun the process of rewashing each and every cashmere sweater, as well as the scarf and gloves I used last winter.

Thank you, thank you, to all who contributed to my knowledge on this subject.

And one more thing: my sister has promised to give me some of her excess cedar shavings, which I also will put to good use.

So there, take that, you hateful sweater destroyers!!!

12 comments:

  1. I bet it smells delicious - it certainly looks that way!

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    1. It did/does smell quite wonderful. I went ahead and stuffed those two bags because I couldn't wait. I'm assuming the green things will dry just fine in the bag, as they are thin and the air can reach the inside.

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  2. Looks like a great solution to the problem and in any case all your knits are going to smell great. I like those little silk bags and keep a few similar ones on hand for gift giving, make a great packaging for small things like a pair of earrings.

    Darla

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    1. I'm keeping my fingers crossed that this takes care of the problem. Love those little bags too!

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  3. Looks so pretty! know it smells wonderful too. I have it on my list to bring the cedar tomorrow.

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    1. It does smell good. I had some mix left over and placed it in a bowl near the bed and fell asleep with the most wonderful scent nearby.!

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  4. If the moths won´t disappear with all you are doing, then nothing will work.
    The herbs already look lovely as such!

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    1. Ha-HA, you are so right. Let's hope they won't set up housekeeping agian!

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  5. Well your clothes will smell delightful with lavender,I refresh my small muslin bags with fresh lavender every year to keep my bed linens smelling deluxe.Ida

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    1. Love that lavender scent. I'll have to remember to refresh my bags every year, too!

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  6. Sanda, these look luxurious and would make great stocking fillers too. And here's another useful tip, if the herbs in the bags loose their scent, you can always add a few drops of esseantial oil, let it absorb completely and place the satchet back in the closet. Good as new :-)

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  7. That's a great tip! I usually keep lavender, rosemary and peppermint essential oils on hand, as I'm into aromatherapy, so any of those oils would suit the purpose of refreshing the bags!
    Thanks to much!

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