I HEART YOU! I HEARD YOU! HERE'S A TUTORIAL ON HOW TO SEW A HEART-

 Good Morning, Blog Friends!
Let's have a little heart -
for each other--and respect.
I am NOT getting into the 
Inaugural Debate here today-
as I am seeing way too much of it
on Facebook AND blogs.
Blogging is not a political platform
to me.
I have my beliefs- you have yours-
let's share JOY in those things
WE AGREE ON.

Like PRETTY THINGS
for the loves of our life.

I know a lot of you are

GLUE GUN fans.

As for me, I would rather

SEW instead of GLUE.

Here are some sweet little

hearts using bits and pieces

of fabric and lace.

I made that one in about twenty minutes

using the sewing machine.

Ready for a quick lesson?

You GLUE GALS might even

find this easy enough to do.

First cut 2 hearts out of fabric.

I used a rough homespun for the

outer heart.

I iron each piece as I go.

Then cut out 1 heart using a THIN

batting (like a quilt batting)

DON'T IRON the batting.

DO NOT ask me how I know this.

l place the batting on top of the two

pieces of fabric.

MAKE SURE YOUR PRETTY FACES

ARE FACING EACH OTHER AND

ARE UPSIDE DOWN WHEN YOU 

PLACE THE BATTING ON TOP OF THEM.

Then sew all the way around the edges

making sure to catch  all 3 pieces

(2 fabric hearts and batting)

No need to leave an opening for turning-

you'll see why.

Now-if it is all stitched together- turn it over.

The batting will be down and 

you will be looking at the fabric heart.

The upper left edge is turned under

in this picture-

but it, too, is stitched.

Take your scissors and cut a slit

right in the center of the

PRETTY FACE of your heart.

Then, turn it inside out.

The batting will be sandwiched

between the two layers of fabric.

  It's gonna look ugly.

Don't worry you will be covering

the ugly later.  See? Ugly!

Now cut a smaller heart out

of a contrasting fabric.

Iron it and place it over

the ugly hole. 

Using a ZIGZAG STITCH

sew it in place.

Then cut a third smaller heart

and stitch that on top of 

the 2nd fabric using the 

zigzag stitch.

After doing that

thread an needle with 6 strands

(or 3 doubled) of embroidery floss.

Because I don't want to tie a knot in my

floss I start the stitch way

down inside the heart and pull the

thread up and into the heart

but not through it.  It will hold

itself if you don't pull it too hard.

Place a long running stitch around 

the heart following the shape.

When you have gone all the way 

around, put your needle through

the back of the fabric and snip it off.

I added a ribbon bow and

a "gem" on the front of this one.

To finish it off I added

A RIBBON HANGER

and 

KISSED IT CLOSED 

with an

X Stitch.

So....even if you are not a sewer,

these are pretty easy.

AND

Pretty Sweet, Huh?

These two took me less than an hour

from start to finish.

The second heart has things 

that are glued on--like the clock face

and the little pearl heart.

Aren't they sweet?

Sure better for you than 

THESE SPICED HEART KISSES!

(Made in town here by Seroogy's)

-although they sure are good-

Hmmmm. 

Those look like

FIFTY SHADES OF GOOD

to me!