I
made this shabby chic heart bunting from some scraps of fabric and felt,
stranded embroidery silk, ribbon, toy stuffing and some heart shaped shell
buttons and flower trim.
I
drew ten hearts on the fabric using the 3 inch heart from the Fiskars Hearts
Shape Template. I used a vanishing pen
on the right side of the fabric but you could also use a pencil on the reverse
instead.
I
cut the shapes out with pinking shears allowing a 0.5 cm seam allowance outside
the drawn outline.
I
used the 1.5 inch heart template to draw 5 hearts on blue felt and cut them out
using straight scissors, without leaving a seam allowance. I blanket-stitched them onto five of the
fabric heart shapes using three strands of pink embroidery silk. I stitched a heart shaped button onto three of
the hearts, leaving tails so I could tie the thread in a knot through the
buttons. The other two hearts were
decorated with a strip of flower trim with a couching stitch.
I
pinned the decorated hearts at regular intervals onto the ribbon, alternating
between buttons and flowers. I then made
a sandwich with a little of the toy stuffing and a plain heart behind each one,
pinned the edges together and used three strands of pale blue embroidery silk
to sew them together along the 0.5 cm seam allowance with a decorative running
stitch. Just before finishing sewing
round each heart I stuffed it more firmly with additional stuffing. Then I made a loop on each end of the ribbon
and stitched it with matching cotton to make hanging loops for the bunting.
You
could also make individual hearts with a ribbon hanging loop at the top, or
even add a little dried lavender to the filling for a drawer freshener.
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