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With Valentine’s Day just around the corner, a lot of us are going to be spending the evening at home this year. Will you be trimming up to spend a romantic evening at home? This Heart Garland DIY is a lovely cheap and easy craft way of making the perfect decoration for your Valentine’s Day mantle. Here is how to make a padded heart valentine garland.
Padded Heart Valentine Garland
My scrap bag is always full. Even though I made a Rag Wreath before Christmas, my pumpkin garland for Halloween and a Rag Rug last Autumn, I still have an awful lot of fabric scraps left.
This heart garland DIY is a brilliant way to use up all your red fabric scrap pieces, or you can also upcycle some old red clothing or bedding.
I had a good sort out of my scrap bag recently, and put all my red scraps to one side.
I used a Sizzix machine and die cutters to cut out heart shapes. You can cut them freehand, or use a template.
Taking 2 matching heart shapes, I sewed them wrong sides together with a 1cm seam allowance. But leaving a small gap at one side. I used a machine, but you can do this by hand.
I used some stuffing (some stuffing from an old pillow is my go-to material, but you can buy some like this). Then I pushed just enough stuffing in to gently pad out the heart, but not make it too full. And then sewed up the gap.
Finally, I used pinking shears to pink the edges of the heart. This gives it quite a cute shabby chic look.
My mantlepiece is about 1.4 metres, so I measured out 1.5 metres of braid. This braid is usually for piping and in bag making. I made 10 hearts in total, but then realised I would only need 7 of them to make the garland.
I measured out where I would be placing the hearts at regular intervals on the braid, and hand sewed the hearts one by one onto the braid. And you have a finished padded heart valentine garland!
Finished Garland
Cute, easy to make and costs pennies!
Do you trim up for Valentine’s Day? Fancy making a Padded Heart Valentine Garland? I’d love to hear your thoughts. Do comment below or find me on social media.
Find out here how to make a Spring bunny garland.
Enjoyed this? Why not also read my post on Padded Fabric Christmas Trees – with free template.
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This is so pretty, I am going to attempt to make it #bloggerclubuk@_karendennis
Do post a picture and tag me when you do Karen, cannot wait to see it!
Aww, this is so cute! I actually think this is something you could use at Christmas, or keep up all year round!
Thank you Ruth! Yes, it could be an all round decor, hearts are not just for Valentine’s!
Aaaw what a fab idea, very cute! #BloggerClubUK
Thank you!
Aww! That is so cute. What a lovely idea for valentine’s day x
Thank you!
I am not a seamstress but I think I could do something like this. Or pink some red and pink felt. Thanks for the simple directions and photos. I am a visual learner so that’s important to me. #KCACOLS
Thank you so much
I am not a seamstress but I think I could do something like this. Or pink some red and pink felt. Thanks for the simple directions and photos. I am a visual learner so that’s important to me. #KCACOLS
Some red and pink felt hearts hand sewn onto the braid would work perfectly! Thank you for reading.
I love it! I use my Sizzix a lot for this kind of projects. Actually, I had planned to do a felt heart garland last weekend (no padded) but I ended up not having time.
Thank you for sharing at The Really Crafty Link Party this week. Pinned!
Thank you for reading and your lovely comment!
This is such a pretty decoration, Jo, and what a great way to use up fabric scraps as well! Pinning, and sharing on the H&S Facebook page. Thank you for sharing, and for being a part of the Hearth and Soul Link Party. Hope your week is going well.
Thank you! I always need to use my fabric scraps!
I hadn’t thought of trimming up for valentines day before but I love the idea! I also like how you can make something so stunning for pennies. Really cute garland and shows how much you care. Thanks so much for linking up at #KCACOLS. Hope you come back again next time.
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Thank you. I just love getting to use all the fabric scraps that I never want to throw away!
That is so sweet and looks lovely. I don’t have a machine but I think I could make this by hand. Thank you for sharing #KCACOLS
Thank you! Yes, I’m sure it could easily be made by hand too!
This is lovely, it sounds so easy to make too. #kcacols
I’m pretty sure it could easily be made by hand too. Thank you for reading.
This is so cute! I love the step by step directions. Thanks for sharing. I am going to pin this for later! #KCACOLS
Thank you so much. Happy Sewing!
It is a guilnarda of hearts very nice, and are ideal for the day of the lovers. I have known your blog by the Friday Handmade. Greetings from Spain.
Muchas Gracias!
This looks really sweet, and I love it when scraps can be recycled into something really pretty and/or useful. Brilliant! x #KCACOLS
I keep so many scraps even little bits, so it is great when I find a way of using them up.
Aww this looks lovely, and a great way to use up all your red scraps. Great not just for Valentines but all year round too! #KCACOLS
Thank you. Yes, I loved using up some of my smaller scraps with this.
Oh my goodness this is so cute! I think this would also be very pretty on a Christmas Tree and I and going to pin this post so I can look at it in July when I start thinking about Christmas! LOL
Thank you for sharing and for being so detailed in your instructions! #KCACOLS
Thank you Jen. Yes, it may stay up a little longer…
Oh Jo this is so cute! I’d love to invite you to come share some of your DIYs at my weekly link party that goes every Wednesday-Sunday! https://www.ourtinynest.com/2023/01/18/weekly-link-party-331/
Have a great week! <3