How to make sachets by hand?

Handmade sachets are introduced as follows:

Preparation materials: cloth, scissors, needles, thread, spices, cotton, ears and beads.

Steps:

1. Prepare a rectangular cloth.

2. Fold the cloth in half and sew the two sides with needle and thread.

Turn the sewn wallet upside down and fill it with spices and cotton.

4. Then sew up the seams, and you can use some beautiful colored lines.

4. Then make an ear and wear some beads to look better.

Finally, sew the ear to the bottom of the wallet, and the wallet will be finished.

This kind of sachet is also called flannel, box, box, Xiang Ying and Pei Wei. Today is called purse, playing with goods and shorting. It is a folk embroidery handicraft created by working women in ancient China.

It is the product of China ancient farming culture marked by men plowing and women weaving, and it is the remains and regeneration of China traditional culture that has lived for thousands of years.

The sachet was originally called "smelly". In Qu Yuan's Lisao, there is "Hujiang Powder, Bi, which Qiu Lan thinks is admirable". At that time, the spices were Bizhi and Qiu Lan. In the Ming dynasty, there were still smelly names. Traditional sachets in China are mostly made of silk and filled with realgar, smoked grass, mugwort and other spices. It is said that sachets can ward off evil spirits, so they will be hung on the Dragon Boat Festival.

In 2008, it was selected into the first batch of national intangible cultural heritage expansion projects.

Historical origin:

The sachet was called "sachet" in ancient times, also known as "wearing curtain", "allowing fragrance", "sachet" and "purse". Qingyang is commonly known as "tight" or "play". It uses colored silk thread to embroider various patterns with ancient, magical and profound connotations on colored silk, and sews them into embroidered small cloth bags with different shapes and sizes. The bags are filled with fine powder developed from a variety of fragrant Chinese herbal medicines, which can be used for seasonal celebrations, practical life and ornamental use.