Valentine Garland

 

Here's a project I did a couple of years back for Better Homes and Gardens. I still like it as much now as I did then. It's the perfect project for a winter afternoon and would be equally at home in a window, across a mantel, or over a doorway.  It also lends itself to personal customization and embellishment (If I'd had my way, a few buttons would have made their way onto the hearts).  Here's the simple how-to:

Materials Needed:

Fabric scraps
Fusible interfacing (to add some weight to the fabric and keep it from fraying)
Iron-on adhesive sheets (such as Therm O Web brand)
Heart templates
Pinking shears
Plain fabric shears
Iron and ironing board
Small hole punch
1/4-inch wide ribbon

Directions:

Apply fusible interfacing to the back of each fabric used.  Cut larger hearts with pinking shears and smaller hearts with plain fabric shears.  Use iron-on adhesive on the backs of the smaller hearts and fuse to the larger heart.  Punch a small hole in both sides of each layered heart and join the hearts together with satin ribbon.  Attach longer lengths of satin ribbon at the ends for hanging.

Comments

[Katie J]

I remember this- loved it. I'm pretty sure it's in my idea binder somewhere...