The Sewing Room

Finefoot

Hanging dogs are so cute!

hmo

winniepooh wrote: »

Yez that's exactly what I mean. Were they easy to make

Dead easy the easiest way to draw a heart is fold a piece if paper in half and depending on how big you want your heart use a bobbin of thread for small heart or cup or can of beans for bigger heart

Place cup, can etc on the fold so it hangs off the paper by about a third, draw round it the take a ruler and draw a straight line from the curve down to the fold, hope that makes since once cut out and opened up it should be a heart template that you can place on fabric and cut out. Depending on how long you make your straight line will also alter the look of the heart you will ave a short fat heart or a more folk style heart if you make it longer have a play on copy paper I've done several all different sizes.

You can either sew right sides together turn right sides out fill and then hand sew up the gap or I've cut one out tonight with pinking shears and am going to sew this one wrong sides together and fill with lavender and I am using string as my hanging instead of ribbon.

hmo

Finefoot wrote: »

Hanging dogs are so cute!

I've made those too on my blog here are a couple

winniepooh

Hmo we have a lovely little shop in the town shes make patchwork quilts and cushions thag are really expensive. When I went in on Saturday she was selling those hearts for £25

hmo

winniepooh wrote: »

Hmo we have a lovely little shop in the town shes make patchwork quilts and cushions thag are really expensive. When I went in on Saturday she was selling those hearts for £25

thats madness, they are so quick and cheap to make, i will post the one ive cut out later

winniepooh

hmo wrote: »

thats madness, they are so quick and cheap to make, i will post the one ive cut out later

Thanks hunni

hmo

ok this took minutes to make, i cut a scrap of fabric into a heart shape with pinking shears, this fabric was left over from my fence rail quilt.

I sewed it with wrong sides together for a change and left a small opening, I filled it with lavender and sewed up the gap on the machine.

Ive used some rustic string instead of ribbon, I think it need a bow but its a duck egg blue colour so I need to find a bit of ribbon to match, i can glue that on later.

I also need to get a new knob to replace that ABC one.

Ok used cream ribbon that will match the one on the clock.

winniepooh

Thanks hmo I reckon I can do that

hmo

if you want i will try and scan one of my heart templates and put it in drop box for you to print off

winniepooh

That would be great