Lavender Hearts...

♥ Ceri makes...  made some super easy lavender hearts this afternoon,  a perfect homemade gift for Mother's Day next week!  For this project you will need some scraps of fabric,  some ribbon,  a button for decoration, some stuffing/wadding, about a tablespoon of dried lavender and some thread to stitch it all together!


Simply make a template for the size and shape of heart that you would like,  remember to leave about a centimetre or so to allow for stitching as the heart will be turned inside out.  For a perfectly shaped heart it is best to first fold the paper in half and then cut half a heart with the fold being at the centre of the heart...

Then use your template to cut two pieces of fabric,  I quite like to use a different fabric for the front and back.

Turn the fabric so that the patterned sides are facing  (this is the side that you will see when the heart is finished).  Then get sewing,  I used my sewing machine but for a small project like this with a bit of patience you could easily stitch by hand.  Leave about 1-2cm of the heart unstitched and cut small triangles along the edge to allow a neater shape once complete...

Turn the heart inside out and press with an iron to give a crisp shape.  You can now fill the heart with some stuffing and a sprinking of dried lavender...

Sew up the unstitched gap in the heart to secure your stuffing.  Almost done,  all that's needed now is a bit of ribbon to hang the heart and a button for decoration...

Easy peasy!!



♥ Ceri makes xx