This was a VERY SIMPLE and FUN garland that I made this week for Valentine's Day.
I started by cutting out the hearts. I used 2 sheets of pink, red, and white stiffened felt. It has glitter on one side, which I thought was fun, but mostly I wanted the stiffness of the felt so it would be more sturdy. I cut these out by hand (25 of each). Oh boy, it took forever! And my hand was so sore after all of the cutting. I found out that the local scrapbook store has die-cutting machines that you can go in and pay to use. I could have done this way faster and with less pain if I had gone there. I will remember that for the future.
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| small hearts were 2 inches across, large hearts were 2 1/2 inches across |
When I had all of my hearts ready, I laid them out in the order that I wanted to put them together in.
I sewed them together across their middles, one right after the other (no space in-between).
After the sewing was complete, down came my Christmas cards, and up went my hearts! I really like how they turned out. Total length came to about 26 feet! There might just have to be something like this in the works for Grant's birthday. Hmmmm...that would be fun! Have a great weekend!
4 comments:
So so cute, you are so creative!! I had to put Valentine stuff up too, it's to boring Christmas. We will have to plan a girls night out to go and cut stuff out for the holidays!
courtney, that is so cute!
Very cute and perfect for Valentines!!! I can't wait to see what you come up with for Grant! I love Garlands, I have yet to make one. Maybe soon I'll make one too!
Your garland turned out so cute! I love Valentines decorations.
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