My to-do list is long these days but I've made huge progress during a week of "vacation," during which my husband went to Florida to seek some warmth and I got to stay home in the studio. So after four days of impressive achievement, I decided to take the afternoon off and make something silly. It's so easy to make Valentine hearts out of your assorted pink and red scraps, trapped between layers of tulle with lots of stitching, and some years I even remember to do this enough in advance that I can actually put them in the mail to arrive before Valentine's Day.
If you want a tutorial on how to make these little guys, here it is. But I'll confess that my process this year was a lot simpler than the one I described in 2010.
I have abandoned the Solvy. I trapped a lot of fabric bits between two layers of tulle, stitched around the edges so none would escape, then scribbled a bit in the middle to hold the scraps in place. Where I saw blank spots, I added more scraps on top, catching them in the scribbles. Finally I put a third layer of tulle over the top and stitched again.
I also abandoned the needle for making the cord loops. Instead I just cut a length of cord, put a knot in it, and caught the knot end in the stitching.
These are really lovely Kathy. Thank you for the inspiration!
ReplyDeletethey would make a lovely garland....
ReplyDeleteI cheated. I just couldn't ramp myself up to get fabric out and stitch anything up. Instead, I found some lovely repeat heart motifs printed on handmade papers in a bundle of samples. Was so much more relaxing cutting out these hearts and then slipping a few loose into blank cards with a heart theme. Sometimes cheating is good! ;-)
ReplyDeleteEach year, for a few, I made felt hearts with thin ribbon, just like yours, for each of my kids to take as valentines. So after about 50 of those, I was done. I find one or two every so often. It was another life!.
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