Do you LOVE super quick and easy DIY projects? If so then today’s DIY vintage Valentine decoration is right up your alley (and mine!). With a few materials you may have on hand, like fabric scraps and buttons, you can make these no-sew stuffed hearts in a jiffy.
Because I’m a farmhouse kind of girl, I chose what I consider to be farmhouse-y fabrics as you’ll see below.
Materials for DIY Vintage Valentine Project
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Materials
- Vintage fabric like quilted, denim, or ticking scraps (here are some new alternatives)
- Heavy cardstock for the heart template (or use scrap cardboard)
- Pinking shears
- Hot glue gun
- Poly fiber fill stuffing (or lavender buds)
- 1/8″ Ribbon
- Vintage buttons (new button alternatives)
- Word tags (in the Member Library, see info below)
- Essential oil (optional)
Short Video Tutorial
Make a Heart Template
One of the benefits of this project is that you can make your hearts any size you want, or you can use my 4″ x 4″ template above as a guide for yours.
I made it with a piece of scrap cardboard (rather than paper) to make tracing easier.
Trace the Template Onto Fabric
Trace your template onto your fabric: two hearts for each decoration.
Some suitable fabric choices:
- Felt
- Felted wool (sweater or scarf)
- Twill or duck
- Canvas
- Drop cloth
- Upholstery
- Calico
Cut Hearts Out Your Hearts
Cut your hearts out with pinking shears to avoid fraying as ordinary scissors would lead to a lot of fraying. Plus the zig zag edge is cute for Valentine’s Day.
Glue Ribbon to Hearts
Using hot glue, attach a piece of ribbon (about 5-6″ long) to the wrong side of one of your hearts.
Glue Heart Shapes Together
Glue your two hearts (wrong sides) together, leaving about a 2″ space for stuffing.
Stuff Hearts
Stuff your heart lightly with polyester fiber fill. I used a flag dowel to help reach the corners. You could also use the eraser end of a pencil.
Optional: Place a few drops of essential oil (maybe rose?) into the center of the fiber fill to lightly scent the room. Avoid placing it on the outer surface of the fiber fill where it may soak into the fabric.
An Alternative: Stuff your hearts with lavender buds to create heavenly scented little sachets to hang or tuck in a dresser drawer.
Attach Button & Tag
Last steps: Print out some word tags on manila cardstock, cut them out, glue them onto the back of your buttons, then glue the combo tag/buttons onto your hearts.
About the word tags: I’ve create a page of word tags that you can download from the Member Library. You can get access to the Library by SUBSCRIBING to my weekly newsletter.
Alternatively, make your own word tags in Microsoft Publisher or on Canva. I selected an old-fashioned typewriter font and kept all the letters lower case.
I made similar word tags for these mini Christmas wreaths, which you can use to decorate ton’s of vintage goods and sell from a booth, on Etsy, or at a craft show.
Finished DIY Vintage Valentine Decorations
Here are three completed hearts using vintage red and blue ticking and some blue denim. Do you have a favorite?
I think they are eminently saleable. Maybe in a set of three on Etsy for $15? From an antique booth for $6 each? What do you think?
Decorating With Your Stuffed Heart Ornaments
One of my favorite places to add a little holiday decoration is on and in my ironstone cupboard. All that white makes the perfect backdrop for colorful do-dads.
Here’s a quilted example of a stuffed heart hanging on the knob of that cabinet.
And inside the cupboard.
The vibrant red of this ticking certainly says “Valentine’s Day.”
But I enjoy the blue as well.
Conclusion
I’m not one to go too wild or crazy over Valentine’s Day, but I find a few touches here and there add a bit of cheer, especially whenever winter hangs on.
These cute little hearts with sweet saying like “je t’aime” and “love you more” do just the trick. Let me know if you try them out! Find .
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