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I thought it would be fun to do a machine-sewn project for Valentine’s day, but didn’t feel like making anything too cutesy. The solution? Off-kilter, wobbly hearts!
To start off with you’ll need a selection of fabric (I’m using printed 100% cotton quilting fabric) scissors, thread, fiber-fill and a hand-sewing needle.
Because I don’t want the hearts to look perfect, I just cut them freehand – with no patterns. The largest heart is approxiamately 5″ across, the smallest is 3″ across at the widest point. Place the right sides together and pin:
Now sew around the edges, using a straight stitch and a 1/4″ seam allowance (or wider if you’re more comfortable working with that width) Make sure to leave a minimum one inch gap to turn them right side out!
Use your scissors to snip a small slash in the seam allowance of the top of the heart, in between the two bumps. Don’t snip all the way into the seam – you don’t want to unravel it :-)
Now turn it inside out and use your scissors (chopsticks also work beautifully) to stuff the heart. I didn’t stuff it too tightly – it depends on the look you want.
I like to use a baseball stitch to close up stuffed projects like these, but you can use whatever stitch you prefer.
I want to be able to hang the heart softies up after they’re done, so I’m using an embroidery needle & some cotton embroidery floss to make a hanging loop:
In my next post I’ll show you how the hearts turned out :-)
These are great! Thanks, Chloe.
I love the way you turned the machine-stitched hearts into a wall hanging and I love the fabrics you coordinated so well.
1563 days ago
[...] 1. Wobbly Heart: This handcrafted (with love) heart and can be used for many various different thing… ornament, decoration, stuff it with scented stuffing for a sweet drawer scent. Thanks to Tangled Thread for this idea and instuctions! [...]
1566 days ago
[...] had some reader requests to explain how to make the “baseball stitch” used in the heart softies tutorial. It’s an easy & fast stitch for making a flat, almost invisible closure. [...]
1567 days ago
[...] showed you how I made the softies hearts yesterday – would you like to see how they turned [...]