Add just a little romance to your private home with a cheap and fairly material coronary heart wreath. This wreath is made from leftover material and is the proper contact for Valentine’s Day!
Heart Wreath for Valentine’s Day
Although I’m not one to go all out for Valentine’s Day, it’s at all times enjoyable so as to add some coloration and new decorations to my house in the course of winter!
Last 12 months I additionally made an upcycled coronary heart garland with scrap material I had at house. I beloved how the hearts turned out a lot. So this 12 months I made a couple of extra and created this beautiful coronary heart wreath with them. Other than the wreath hoop, I had every little thing at house – my pockets and husband at all times sigh after I store my craft room for provides!
A number of touches of pink and hearts right here and there are the proper solution to have fun the season of affection! I prefer to put out my pink painted pine cone roses and provides my daughter some candy treats in these pretty painted clay pots.
Materials Needed to Make a Fabric Heart Wreath:
How to Make a Pretty Heart Wreath:
Paint the floor of the MDF hoop in pink. Set apart to dry.
Sewing the Large Hearts
Cut out the material scraps into coronary heart shapes utilizing the big hearts template offered. For added curiosity, I reduce one facet in denim material and the opposite facet in a coloured silk. You might nonetheless persist with the identical material for either side.
Since the silk was mild and flimsy in contrast with the denim, I added a light-weight fusing to the bottom to assist stiffen the silk and make it simpler to stitch with.
With the RIGHT sides of material collectively, sew the center closed with a ¼” seam allowance from the sting. Continue all the best way round leaving a 2” hole opening.
Trim the seam allowance alongside the curves and clip at middle of the sewn coronary heart to assist keep coronary heart form when turned proper facet out.
Turn the stitched coronary heart proper facet out. You can insert a pencil into the center to easy out the perimeters.
Lightly fill the center with polyester batting.
Stitch the two” opening closed by hand with a needle and matching thread coloration.
Repeat to make 9 hearts.
Sewing the Small Hearts
Cut out the material scraps into coronary heart shapes utilizing the small coronary heart template offered.
With the WRONG sides of material collectively, sew the center closed with a ¼” seam allowance from the sting. Continue all the best way round leaving a 1.5” hole opening.
Lightly fill the center with polyester batting.
Sew the opening closed with the stitching machine.
Repeat to make 9 hearts.
Assembling the Wreath
Start by laying out the big hearts on the wreath hoop till you’re pleased with the association.
Next, glue every of the big hearts to the ring with sizzling glue.
Then, lay out the small hearts over high of the big ones till you’re pleased with the association. In addition to being ornamental, the small hearts assist to stabilize the bigger ones on the ring.
Glue every of the small hearts onto the bigger ones.
For added curiosity, add three picket buttons onto the wreath.
Finally, tie some twine to the highest of the wreath for hanging.
That’s it! You have a wonderful new material coronary heart wreath to “lovingly” show for Valentine’s Day and after.
Do you prefer to go all-out along with your Valentine’s Day adorning?
More Valentine’s Day Wreaths
Print Project
Scrap Fabric Heart Wreath
Create a candy and cheap coronary heart wreath utilizing leftover scrap material. Beginner stitching abilities required.
Supplies
- 1 piece MDF Hoop measurement 16” diameter
- 1 2oz Americana Acrylics paint in Poodleskirt Pink
- 1 Paintbrush
- 2 Printable Heart Templates in two sizes: small offered
- 1/4 yard Denim material, approx. ¼ yard (sufficient to make 9 massive and 9 small hearts) sufficient to make 9 massive hearts
- 1/8 yard Pink Printed woven material sufficient to make 9 small hearts
- 1/8 yard Fusible interfacing elective if material is skinny
- 1 Sewing Machine and matching thread
- 1 Sewing needle and matching thread
- Polyester Batting
- 3 wooden buttons elective
- 1 Hot glue gun and clear glue sticks
- 20 inches pure twine
Instructions
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Paint the floor of the MDF hoop in pink.
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Cut out material scraps into 9 units of coronary heart shapes utilizing the big hearts template offered.
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Cut out material scraps into 9 units of coronary heart shapes utilizing the small hearts template offered.
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Using a stitching machine, sew the big hearts with RIGHT sides collectively leaving a small opening.
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Turn sewn hearts proper facet out and fill with batting.
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Stitch massive hearts closed by hand.
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Using a stitching machine, sew the small hearts with WRONG sides collectively leaving a small opening.
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Fill the small hearts with batting.
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Sew the small hearts closed with stitching machine.
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Place massive hearts round perimeter of hoop and glue down on reverse facet of hearts,
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Place the small hearts in between the big hearts and glue in place on reverse facet of hearts.
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Glue ornamental buttons to facilities of small hearts.
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Tie a chunk of twine for hanging.
This put up initially appeared right here on January 20, 2020.
