You can make your own fabric hearts from simple patterns. They will look great as an interior decoration on Valentine's Day and will be a good gift for a loved one or soulmate, regardless of the date on the calendar.
Using the patterns and master classes presented in the publication, you will be able to quickly learn how to make beautiful crafts.
Heart in tilde style
This textile heart is sewn as a gift to loved ones: mothers, grandmothers, sisters. to friends. The gift will express your love and tenderness.
The “tilde” style involves the use of predominantly natural materials, lace, and ribbons. Look how varied the ideas can be:
We sewed this valentine heart:
Materials:
- Cotton fabric - 2 types,
- white lace,
- braid to match the fabric,
- wool yarn for lace,
- flowers (for scrapbooking),
- adhesive-based half beads,
- button
Pattern (open in new window):
For a detailed procedure, see our video master class:
Video content by minute:
0:30 Materials and tools 1:33 Preparing fabric for the front side of the heart - use 2 rectangles of fabric, sew them together. smooth it out. 3:13 Cut out 4 heart pieces. 6:55 We make a lace from yarn. 8:17 We decorate the front sides with lace, braid, cord, sew the details, turn them inside out. We definitely iron it. 19:00 Filling, sewing up the hole. 23:10 Decorating hearts.
What can a felt “Valentine” do?
Such fabric hearts (photo confirms this) can be pendants for keys, mobile phones, or handbags. You just need to attach a loop of braid to it. Also, such a souvenir can be supplemented with a pin on the reverse side - and this is a ready-made brooch for your beloved girlfriend. If you sew an elastic band on it, the “Valentine” becomes an exclusive hair accessory. Such hearts can also serve as souvenir magnets. A special blank is inserted into the middle of the product, attaching it with hot glue before sewing the parts together.
As you can see, there are many ways to make a fabric heart with your own hands. Choose the one you like. Give your loved ones your love!
Making hearts from fabric with your own hands is a pleasant, calming and heartwarming activity. The heart is a symbol of love and emotions and love are necessarily invested in its creation. Let's look at several options for making fabric hearts that will decorate the interior or delight your recipients.
Fragrant fabric heart
Fabric heart with a secret
Shabby chic heart
Shabby chic is a young style in interior and decor, born in the 1980s. Literally means "shabby chic", "faded shine". Items made in this style evoke nostalgia for the past, for childhood.
We got this heart:
For sewing you will need light cotton fabrics, lace, ribbons, mesh, jute braid, buttons, beads, antique metal decor. It is not necessary to use all specified materials. You can use what you have at home. But everything should be in light pastel colors.
For a detailed process, watch this video:
See what else a shabby chic heart can be:
How to make fabric? Mastering the execution technology
A small heart made from felt fabric can be a wonderful souvenir for Valentine's Day not only for your loved one, but also for all your friends and work colleagues. Creating such crafts is a fun and interesting activity. Souvenirs of this type are made very quickly, so you can make a lot of them in a short time. What do you need to start creating? Reading the list of materials:
- felt fabric in red and white (or any other);
- needle;
- paper;
- a simple pencil;
- threads for sewing and embroidery;
- scissors;
- filler (cotton wool, holofiber, padding polyester, thread or fabric scraps);
- decorative elements: buttons, beads, beads).
Textile heart. Master Class
Author: Splinter
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To make a Valentine's heart with your own hands, we will need:
- scraps of fabric of different colors (chintz, calico, linen);
- filler (sintepon, holofiber, down);
- accessories for decoration (lace, braid, buttons, flowers, beads);
- pattern.
Operating procedure
- We print the pattern on a printer (or trace it by attaching a sheet of paper to the monitor). If the proposed heart shape does not suit you, you can make a pattern with your own hands. To do this, fold a sheet of paper lengthwise, draw a curved line and cut along it. The result will be a heart pattern of any shape.
- We decide on the color scheme of fabric and accessories. In our case, we will make a combined heart from three types of textiles with our own hands. The back will be traditionally red, and the front will be white calico with an insert of fine colored cotton. We will decorate with lace.
- We place a colored insert on the corner of a piece of white chintz, pin it together and stitch it on a sewing machine or by hand with a “forward needle” stitch. We wrap the insert in the opposite direction (over the face) and iron it. On the other side we pin the lace and sew it with a zigzag stitch. The front blank of the valentine is done.
- Let's move on to sewing the heart. We fold the two blanks with the right sides inward, between which we put a ribbon for hanging. We transfer the valentine pattern onto the fabric and sew along the contour using a sewing machine. We leave part of the outline unstitched to allow for stuffing with filler.
- Cut out the heart using zigzag scissors (if using tailor's scissors, you will need to make additional cuts). We turn the workpiece inside out and iron it. Fill with filler as tightly as possible. Sew the opening with a hidden stitch.
- The main work is done. All that remains is to decorate the Valentine’s card to your taste with different beauties: roses, beads, buttons. You can also sew your own flower to decorate the “yo-yo”.
- It is better to make a yo-yo from textiles that are in harmony with the main color of the valentine. The pattern in this case will be a circle of arbitrary size. From fabric we cut out a circle with a diameter twice the required size of the flower.
- Stepping back 0.5 cm from the edge of the circle, we sew a seam with small stitches. We collect our flower to the center and decorate the middle. If you want the flower to be more magnificent, you can make several such layers. We sew a yo-yo onto a valentine and arrange a photo shoot.
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The master class has come to an end. Valentine cards are made and are waiting for their new owners. And to you, dear needlewomen, we wish you love, kindness and success in your creativity.
What you need to prepare
Sewing a heart-shaped pillow is not difficult, you just need to prepare the materials for work.
- It’s more convenient to take pins with colored heads so that they are better visible on the material, and if they fall, they’re easier to find.
- A sheet of paper - a pattern will be made on it. The size of the paper depends on how large the pillow needs to be made. It is not necessary to use thick sheets - you can take newspaper.
- Sharp scissors with thin tips for cutting threads.
- Sewing threads to match the color of the fabric.
- Material for the product - you can buy a new one or use an old item (for example, a sweater) with an interesting knit. In the second case, the edges of the fragments will need to be additionally secured with fabric glue.
- Tailor's chalk - for transferring the pattern.
- Sewing machine.
- Needle.
- Filling – if the pillow is only decorative, then synthetic padding is suitable (it is cheap and bulky). When the item will be placed under the back or under the head, it is better to fill it with holofiber.
The heart pillow pattern is simple and easy to make yourself by simply drawing a beautifully shaped figure of the desired size. The shape can be classic or elongated - there are no restrictions.
Heart pillow
If you make a larger pattern, you will get a heart-shaped pillow:
For such a product, use more durable fabrics: velor, plush, fur, linen. Ruffles or piping look good, depending on the effect you want to create in the interior: more romantic or more formal.
A heart pillow can be sewn from leftover fabric using the patchwork technique:
Or make a patchwork applique on a regular square pillowcase:
An important rule here: the pieces of fabric must be harmonious in color.
Another, simpler example of a heart-shaped applique is shown in the following photos:
Potholder - heart
Kitchen oven mitts in the shape of hearts can be a good gift idea for mom or grandma. We take the fabric in two folds, lay padding polyester or drape inside, and sew everything together along the front side. We decorate the cuts with edging and make a loop:
Another option for processing cuts: lay a decorative stitch along the edge and crochet it:
A more complex option in the photo below: we sew the front side of the potholder from 3 parts:
Rug - heart
At home, you can also sew a heart-shaped rug. For example, using the patchwork technique, the rug will look like this:
But most suitable for this idea is soft fabric with pile or faux fur. For volume, place padding polyester inside.
Important: the bottom of the mat must be made of non-slip fabric.
