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Lavender Filled Heart Tutorial

Posted on by Abi

It felt like time for a tutorial so this week I am sharing with you instructions to make Lavender filled Hearts. You can hang them wherever you like, but perhaps with the festive season in mind they would make nice gifts.

What You’ll Need

Cardboard

Fabric

Ribbon

Button

Step 1

First you need to create your pattern. Draw a heart onto the cardboard and once your happy with the shape cut it out. Take the shape and draw around it twice onto your fabric and cut out.

Step 2

You should now have two hearts cut out from your fabric. Place these right sides together and sew around the edge, remember to leave a gap about 3cm long on one of the straighter sides to allow the heart to be turned right way out.

Step 3

Turn your heart the right way out, pull it into shape and then press it with an iron. Now you need to fill the heart with dried lavender. Once full sew the open edge shut.

Step 4

Cut a suitable length of ribbon and fold in half. Sew either end of the ribbon to either side of the heart. To finish sew a pretty button onto either side of the ribbon.Then sit back and admire your creation!

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Make Your Own Kilt Pin Brooch

Posted on by Abi

I was trying to think of a new tutorial to share with you all and suddenly I thought of making a kilt pin brooch! We have sold these in the past, now we only make them for fairs or commissions and they were always very popular, I have had my own one permanently pinned to my jacket for years.

You’ll Need

A Kilt pin or large safety pin

Ribbons

Lace

Tape

Cord or string

Buttons

Beads

Anything else you fancy for decoration 🙂

Step 1

Make a rosette from tape or ribbon. First cut a piece of ribbon about 12 cms long and fold in half wrong side out. Sew the two ends together and then sew a running stitch all along one edge. Pull the cotton tight to make a rosette.

Step 2

Narrow tape or ribbon can be attached by folding in half and then putting the two loose ends through the loop and pulling tightly.
Step 3
Attach some thicker ribbon by folding over the pin and sew with a running stitch. It looks good if some of the ribbons overlap.We have also added waxed cord here, pushing a bead on and knotting underneath looks great and adds a bit of sparkle!
Step 4
Next we sewed lace flowers and the ribbon rosette we made earlier in place.
Step 5
Finally attach some buttons by sewing through all the layers to keep everything firmly in place. Trim the ribbons, cord and lace to make a good shape. Then stand back and admire your work! 

Don’t forget there’s still time to enter our comp 🙂

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