Sweet bags are used to perfume items such as:
gloves, linens, scarves,shawls
You will need:
~4 cups/1lb orris root powder
~Handful each of:
dried lavender
dried marjoram
dried lemon peel
dried orange peel
dried rose petals
~5 cotton pads
~30 drops essential oils (10 each of: cypress, clove & nutmeg)
~5 purchased circular place mats or dressing table mats 8" diameter
~ribbon 3" wide
Crush the dried herbs to a rough-textured powder, using a pestle and
mortar. Add the orris root.
Put two drops each of the essential oils on to each cotton pad. Place
these, together with the crushed herbs, into a tin or sealed jar to
cure
for one week.
Divide the herb mixture into five equal parts, including a cotton pad
with each portion.
Make the sweet bags. Fold each mat in half, then wrap into a cone
shape. Sew the edges of the outer layer to secure. Fill the cone
with herb mixture. Draw together the inner layers of the cone to
enclose the mixture, and sew together. (Alternative bags are made
from the ribbon -- folded into an envelope, stitched and stuffed with
herb mixture.)
From the book: Heaven Scent by Julia Lawless (page 60)
