Sweet bags

Sweet bags are used to perfume items such as:
gloves, linens, scarves, shawls


From the book: Heaven Scent by Julia Lawless (page 60)

~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

Directions:
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 laye r 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.)