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I am still on my heart project kick! I’ve just been enjoying making heart things so much and they have all been very well received. Several of the kids in my boys’ classes said the Happy Heart Ornament they got for Valentine’s Day was their favorite and both of my boys heat up their heart rice bag to snuggle by their feet every single night. So fun! So today I have a cute little heart pincushion for you to make! The best part of this project is I used a couple of my precious, most favoritest fabrics that I have a hard time cutting in to. But, I made these heart pincushions and I use them every day now with all of the embroidery I have been doing and also just around the studio. I love that I get to use something made from my most loved fabrics so that I can enjoy them every day! If you scroll to the end of the post I made some heart pattern weights as well. Let’s get making!

Happy Valentine’s Day friends! I found out about an extra Valentine’s Day celebration for one of my kiddos at school so I decided to make an extra heart project for him to give to his classmates. I made these cute heart shaped fabric bags filled with rice and I thought I would share a tutorial for you guys to make them as well. You can put them in the microwave and warm them up for a minute and use them as a heat pack, or you can put them in the freezer and use them as a cold pack. You could even heat them up and then put them under your sheets by your feet to warm up your toes!

They are quick and easy to make and are a perfect Valentine’s Day gift. They would also be a sweet Christmas gift, or get well soon gift, or a birthday gift, or they would be a nice thing to send to a new to college student away from home for the first time. The options are endless, and I am sure you have all of the supplies you need on hand already. You might find yourself making a whole batch like I did!

I’m back again with another version of the Happy Heart Ornaments I have been sharing this week! Pinterest has been showing me a bunch of Sashiko and Boro projects recently and I thought it would be a fun to do a little experiment with that kind of style for the heart ornaments! I know I am not alone in hoarding little teeny tiny scraps of my favorite fabrics from over the years, including bits that are really too small to be useful. That little gnome on the bottom right ornament was the inspiration for this version! I found it while I have been playing in my scraps with all of the other ornaments I have been making. It is much too small to be useful, but too precious to throw out.

I understand that this version is not actually Sashiko or Boro since it is not hand stitched. But you could certainly do that too! I just love the Wabi-Sabi style of these, especially since sewing with raw edges is not something I normally enjoy and this pushes me outside of my crafty comfort zone.

Just like with yesterday’s tutorial, I will show you how to do the basic sides and you can click back to the original tutorial for finishing instructions. Let’s get started, shall we?

I’m back today with a variation on the Happy Heart Ornament I shared with you yesterday, yeah! I frequently cut my scraps into 2.5″ squares that I put in a container to have ready to go and am always on the look out for good 2.5″ square patterns. Plus, I love mini charm packs! I made an ornament with a few of those squares while I was working on the heart ornament pattern and loved how it came out, so I thought I would share how to make it with you guys! This tutorial is going to be very similar to the one I posted yesterday, but I know sometimes you need to see things exactly to help when making something.

I’ve got a fun little ornament tutorial for you today! I am going to show you the basic version today, but then I have a couple other patchwork and pieced versions as well I will be sharing over the next couple days. I hope that this cute little heart can act as a blank canvas for your creativity to shine!

You can sew these by machine, or by hand for a lovely little handwork project! I’ve been really enjoying small, slow stitching, handwork projects recently. They would even be a great first project for getting a kiddo into sewing! I can’t wait to see what you make!