How to make sachets on Dragon Boat Festival?

The making method of the Dragon Boat Festival sachet is as follows:

1. The first paragraph

Dragon Boat Festival sachet is a traditional folk handicraft, which is used to pray for blessings, exorcise evil spirits and keep peace. You can choose different materials and styles to make sachets, and design them according to your personal hobbies and creativity.

Prepare materials

Sachet bags are usually made of satin, embroidery thread, cotton, spices and other materials. Prepare a piece of satin as the shell of the sachet, sew embroidery thread, fill the sachet with cotton and spice to increase the fragrance of the sachet.

Step 3: making the sachet shell.

Fold the satin in half and cut it into hearts or other desired shapes. According to the size and technological degree of the sachet, the appropriate size can be selected. Then sew two silks and satins with needle and thread, leaving a hole for holding fragrant flowers.

Filling pouch

Open the mouth of the sachet and fill it with cotton. You can adjust the filling amount according to your own preferences, so that the sachet looks full without excessive expansion. After filling, sew the incision again with needle and thread.

Decorative sachet

The sachet can be embroidered with auspicious patterns or characters, such as dragon boat, five-pointed star, and blessing characters. You can also use colored silk thread, beads, etc. Used for decoration to make the sachet more beautiful and exquisite.

Add spices

Add some spices into the sachet, such as wormwood, Long Xianxiang, sandalwood, etc. These spices can give off a faint fragrance, which makes the sachet more distinctive and meaningful.

Add small bag rope

Sew a small hole in the sachet and insert a rope or ribbon as the pendant of the sachet. You can choose red ribbon or gold rope, which means good luck.

8. Other ideas

If you like creativity, you can try to make sachets with other materials and techniques, such as flannel, paper-cut, lace and so on. Homemade sachets will be more memorable and personalized.

The making process of Dragon Boat Festival sachet is not complicated, but it can be designed and decorated according to your own interests and creativity. Making sachets can not only experience the fun of traditional handicrafts, but also increase the festive atmosphere and the meaning of blessings. I wish you a happy birth and a happy Dragon Boat Festival!