How to Create Silk Flower Sachets Wedding Favors

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Creating your own silk flower sachets wedding favors is easy and cost of the ingredients are inexpensive Silk flower sachet make an elegant gift for wedding guests. Although it's simple to make, a ready-made silk flower sachet at retail stores could run between $4 up to $12 each.

Steps

1. Cut a piece of fabric 10"x10" and lay it flat on a table.
   
2. Put some potpourri in the middle of the fabric.
   
3. Lift each corners of the fabric to meet the ends together in the middle with one hand, then with your other hand grab tight the middle of the sachet until you can see the round bulky shape of sachet.
   
4. Tie it real tight with cotton yarn and make sure the buds were covered with fabric.
   
5. Cover the yarn by tying a ribbon on top of it.
   
6. Cut the extra fabric on top by making a round shape , cut it short but not too short.
   
7. Take a silk flower (just the flower) and apply some glue on the bottom with the glue gun.
   
8. Stick the flower on to the top of the silk sachet and Viola! You've made your first flower sachet.
   

Tips

• Heat up the glue gun before you start.
  
• Cut cotton yarn long enough to tie the sachet.
  

Things You'll Need

• A glue gun, a scissor, cotton yarn, potpourri, silk flowers, ribbon color and silk fabric of your choice.
  

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Sources and Citations

• Other popular sachet is Pillow Sachet:
  
• http://sweetmemorybaskets.com/Burgundy-and-Black-Satin-Sachets_pid-10175.aspx
  

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