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| Yours will look better! This is old and well-loved. It guards my fabric cupboard. |
1. Draw a heart on stiff paper.
2. Cut it out.
3. Find a quilt scrap.
4. Trace heart on it. Cut it out.
5. Repeat for a backing.
6. Sew the two hearts together, right sides out. Stop, leaving room to stuff.
7. Stuff the heart with loose batting. Finish seam.
8. With wire, make a loop between the two heart lobes, slipping wire through your stitches, then twist to secure.
9. Squiggle a longer piece of wire decoratively and end with a hook for hanging. Make sure wire is strong enough to hold the heart without sagging. Squeeze the ends of wire so they are not sharp.
2 comments:
both recycled materials found in an antique wardrobe? worn out apparel materials cut and stitched into a soft heart suspended by an old rusted wire hanger...kind of iconic.
Never thought of it that way ... thank you! You dignify the hearts, and maybe that's why they are so appreciated.
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