DIY Material Hearts

DIY Shabby Chic!

I absolutely adore the stuffed material hanging hearts I see in the shops! They range from £1.99 to £6.00 in various shapes, sizes and colours. 

BUT they are SO easy to make at home with pieces of material you already have or buy some nice floral ones from ebay, material stores, Ikea, fabric world Treforest (for south wales readers).

I chose a Ditsy white and pink spring floral fabric for mine.

All you need is...

Fabric 

Fabric scissors 

piece of chalk

cotton

sewing needle 

some ribbon

microfiber stuffing 

30minutes spare time.

(you can get all these really cheap look on ebay or craft shops!)

Step 1.

Draw around a heart shape with the chalk and cut it out. Make two.

Step. 2

place your hearts together (inside out) and sew your hanging 

ribbon to the top of your hearts! leave a small gap for your ribbon

 so you can pull it out when you turn it inside out.

Then, start to sew them together.

step 3.

Sew to almost half way down each side then secure with triple stitch. 

Then cut off the cotton and gently turn your heart inside out.

step 4.

gently pull your ribbon at the top through the small gap! 

If its small enough it shouldn't need stitching back together.

 You should be left with a flap at the end of your heart. Like this.

step 5.

Get enough microfiber stuffing to fill your heart and gently stuff it until your happy with the shape, size.

you can make it as thin or as full as you want.

Then sew up the end of your heart. 

step 6.

This is how it will (hopefully) turn out! You can choose to 

embellish it with ribbon, 

button, sequins, fabric shapes. I left mine plain. (as seen)

step 7.

Find somewhere pretty to hang it.

On a draw knob, door handle, chair, bedpost etc to make the house 

pretty and give a shabby chic vibe.

You could even cut extra long length of ribbon and then use it as a bookmark. the heart hanging out of your book will make it look pretty wherever you put it down.

Simple.

Enjoy, Happy stitching. 

Feel free to comment or post your versions below!

Laura x