I have to be honest, my mother bought me a sewing machine and I haven’t even used it.
(Sorry mum!)
The fact is that I’m not a machine sewer. Unlike my mother and possibly generations before me, I just don’t have that skill to know what to do and how not to snap a needle. This disappoints me because I do worry that it’s an art form that will one day disappear.
I decided to give hand sewing a go and using felt to create this beautiful heart.
This can be a great craft for older children and make a great gift.
Firstly, fold a piece of red felt in half and draw your heart shapes using a cookie cutter.
Carefully cut them out and put them aside.
Do the same with a lighter colour and use the inside of the cookie cutter as a template.
Here I have used a thread with 6 strands.
Be sure to do a double knot at the end of your strand.
Begin hand sewing the lighter colour to the larger piece of felt.
I used a looping type stitch.
Once completed be sure to knot the thread at the back of the heart so it goes unseen.
Once you have completed that step you can start to stitch the two larger hearts together.
I decided to create a pocket at the top of my heart so I could insert a little Valentines Day message or chocolate for my loved one on Valentines Day.
Happy Valentines Day.
Kate
xxxxxx
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Thanks to the wonderful Bekka from ‘Just For Daisy’ for inspiring me to do this craft.
I thoroughly enjoyed it and will look forward to using felt more often.
Feel free to make a comment as I LOVE to hear your thoughts.
Naww that’s so simple, yet so sweet. I need to do more with felt. It looks so pretty and easy to manipulate!
Penny these were incredibly simple and actually very relaxing to do! Hand sewing felt is beautiful.
Sew cute (get it.. hehehe). Sorry couldn’t resist that. But it really is adorable. Lovely!
And thanks for sharing on Kids Get Crafty.
Maggy
No problem Maggy. My pleasure.
Thank you for commenting on this post. I am a big fan so it’s lovely to see your name here.
Oh an I appreciated the ‘sew cute’ joke too. Made me giggle.
Love how simple but sweet and pretty this is {haha, just read Penny’s comment and realised I’m saying something very similar ~ but it is true!}
Kelly it was so great to make. I didn’t think it would be as easy as it was but I really enjoyed it.
These are really sweet Kate. I do love felt 🙂 You should get your machine out though, I’m really hopeless but it gets easier and is really fun once you get the hang of it 🙂 I like to make little softie toys that are supposed to look a little odd, that way when I get the seams all wrong and they come out all wonky it doesn’t matter hehe…it’s character, right? 😀
You have given me the best excuse for making a breakfast of a sewing job. You’re completely right, I should get out my machine and give it more of a chance. I actually really love the wonky look of things anyway. 🙂
Thanks for commenting.
Aw these are too sweet. It looks really simple to do as well. Happy valentines day
Thank you Rez!
These are so sweet and were VERY easy to make. Felt is such a greta material to work with.
I think you’ve got great sewing skills. Not even sure I could do that, but the hearts do look very cute.
Your blog is looking fab by the way.
Like Jackie my sewing skills are not great but this I can handle thank you
These are so lovely…you did so well and have inspired me! Thanks for sharing xx