Valentine's Day is around the corner so I've gotten started on bringing out my Valentine's Day decor, and also making some of my own. I'm a sucker for hearts and garland so making a fabric heart garland made perfect sense. Here's how I made it.
Materials needed
Fabric of your choice
Sewing machine or needle and thread
Hot glue gun
Ribbon of your choice
Stuffing
Special note: This project does require sewing. You can do it by hand but it will probably take you forever...
{Step 1} Select the fabric of your choice. Either free hand a small heart on a piece of paper and cut out to use as your pattern, or google a heart and print it out.
{Step 2} Double your fabric and trace out a heart. Pin those pieces together. It's up to you how many hearts you want to make. The more you cut out the longer your garland will be.
{Step 3} Sew wrong sides together, then trim leaving a small section untrimmed where you will be turning them inside out. Some people just don't sew a small section where they'll be turning the fabric inside out, but I like to just sew all the way around and just open a small part with my seam ripper.
{Step 4} After you've turned them inside out, go ahead and iron the little guys.
{Step 5} Top stitch each heart, but not the opening. This is where you will be stuffing them. You will top stitch this closure once the stuffing is in. After you've top stitched, go ahead and stuff them. It's up to you how puffy you want the hearts. Just play around with it.
{Step 6} Sew the closures shut. Admire your handy work.
{Step 7} Unroll your choice of ribbon at the desired length you'd like. Also decide if you want to place the hearts close to each other, or more spaced apart. Place them on the ribbon to get a look before you start gluing.
All done!
I hope you enjoyed this tutorial! Happy sewing!
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