As promised, here's the tutorial for making a heart-shaped brooch. Enjoy! And don't forget to enter the giveaway to get one of these premade and for free!
This tutorial does involve sewing. However, if you're not a seamstress, don't worry. You can actually use hot glue throughout for a slightly different brooch.
Supplies
- hand sewing needle with wide eye
- cotton embroidery floss in your choice of color
- felt in your choice of color
- scissors
- heart-shaped template
- hot glue gun (optional)
- metal pin closure
Skills
- very basic sewing skills
- blanket stitch (check out this tutorial)
1) Download heart template here. Note, if you make sure your printer is at 100% this should print to size. For reference, however, just measure from the dip at the top of the heart to the point (the bottom of the heart). It should measure roughly 2 1/4 inches to 2 3/8 inches.
2) Cut out two hearts from the felt. You can double the fabric together and do it at once, but I found the felt was so thick that I ended up with crooked edges, as you can see below. I'd recommend cutting them one at a time.
3) Sew metal pin closure to one heart. Make sure you sew it on correctly. If the heart is right side up and the pin is facing you, you want the opening side to the left. That way, you can easily pin it to your clothing with your right hand. If you're left-handed, then reverse the direction.
4) Blanket stitch the two felt hearts together. I've been planning a blanket stitch tutorial, but haven't been able to get good pictures or a video. It's nearly impossible to photograph yourself sewing!
For now, check out this You Tube video. If you don't have time to learn, try hot gluing the two pieces together. You won't have the decorative edge, but the hot glue will work just fine. You'd be surprised how much money you've shelled out on cute accessories that were hot glued together! Just use the glue sparingly around the edges, so it doesn't leak out.
5) *Optional Step* Cut out a 1 inch x 1/2 inch rectangle from your felt. Mine is actually just over 1/2 inch wide. The size really depends on the size of your brooch pin.
Hot glue the piece over the brooch pin as shown below. Spread the hot glue evenly over the felt piece but use lightly so you don't have visible glue.This step stabilizes the pin and covers up the messy stitches.
If you don't like sewing, you can actually skip sewing the pin on and just do this hot glue step. I prefer having the pin extra secure, however.
Voila! You're done!
Very cute. Perfect for Valentine's Day! :)
ReplyDeleteThanks! Very simple, too. Even of you're not much a seamstress. I didn't even know the blanket stitch until I came up with this idea and googled some tutorials.
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