My darling friend Bev from Flaming Toes has a new fabric line out with Riley Blake Designs called Vintage Keepsakes! The fabric has a wonderful vintage – whimsical feel! I love decorating with these colors and so I knew I wanted to make something to hang in my kitchen! (The colors match perfect with my collection of vintage Pyrex!)
I came up with this fun little heart garland. It’s a quick project that you can make in an afternoon! Yay!
I choose the pink, aqua, and gray fabrics from the collection. Let’s get started!
Supplies:
Fat quarters of a variety of fabrics
Fiber Fill
Buttons
Yarn Pom Poms
Bakers Twine
Large Needle
Cut a 5″ heart out of paper to be your pattern. Using pinking shears, cut out 9 sets of hearts.
Pin each set together, wrong sides together. Sew 1/4″ around the heart, leaving a 2″ opening along one side.
Lightly stuff the hearts with fiber fill and sew the opening closed.
Sew a button in the center of each heart. Wouldn’t be cute to have a basket of these? When friends came over you could give them a heart!
I made my own pom poms with yarn, but you can use purchased ones if you like. Measure the bakers twine the length you want and then add a little extra. Using a large needle, thread the hearts and pom poms onto the bakers twine in the desired order. Tie lace in between each heart and pom pom.
It’s hard to capture the entire garland because it’s so long! Here’s a little section 🙂
I made mine long enough to hang in my kitchen window. It looks so cute with my vintage dishes and hankies!
Hey there, Amanda! Quick question! I am assuming that you made your pompoms, since they match your hearts so beautifully. You mentioned they Were made from some kind of cording, but they look like baby yarn to me. Am I off base here, or not fully awake here in sunny Az.?
Carol
The pom poms are made with regular yarn (the cheap kind) and are strung together with bakers twine. Hope that helps!