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Valentine Ideas
Have you seen any fantastic sewing- or fabric-related Valentine ideas? Enjoy these great projects and share links for what we missed in the comments!
Sewing Pouch by Viviane, Viviane37
Viviane creates lots of unique and beautiful things like this sewing pouch. We love the look of hearts on linen! Be sure to browse through her Flickr sets for more inspiration.
Linen Ornaments by Lina, Linaloo
Speaking of hearts and linen… These ornaments from Lina would make sweet little somethings for loved ones.
Felt Embroidered Hearts by Sunshine, Sunshine’s Creations
You could also make a few heart ornaments out of felt, like Sunshine! Visit her Sunshine’s Creations blog for a tutorial (one of many).
Heart Flag/Banner by Nanette, Freda’s Hive
Nanette shares her free pattern for this Valentine flag/banner on her Freda’s Hive blog.
Valentine Cards by Sara, gardenhoe
Sara made these sewn Valentine cards for her child to give to classmates last year. She contemplated sewing a button on top of the heart…
Valentine Chain by Katie, new eyes
Katie sewed cardstock hearts together to make this chain. You could use the same technique with your favorite fabrics too (just make little fabric/interfacing heart sandwiches!).
Heart Garland by Michelle, Green Kitchen
Michelle scanned blocks from a favorite, vintage crochet afghan she received as a gift. She turned them into this great heart garland for you to download and enjoy. Visit Green Kitchen for the garland PDF and how-to.
I really like the chain of hearts. I can’t imagine making a quilt flag and actually hanging it outside to fend for itself against the elements!! For Valentines this year my husband and I are going to make felt fortune cookies for our nieces and nephews. I bought some puffy paint so we could put initials on the cookies so that each child can have different messages. I’m really excited about it and I hope my nieces and nephews like it.
Here’s the link:
http://www.marthastewart.com/portal/site/mslo/menuitem.0e0eb51a2e6b5ad593598e10d373a0a0/?vgnextoid=ef18cb7517047110VgnVCM1000003d370a0aRCRD&autonomy_kw=felt%20fortune%20cookie&rsc=header_1
I LOVE the little birds on the ornaments! Sooooo cute!
what thoughtful ideas! I’ve not been known to do much Valentine crafting before, but these ideas sure get the creative flow going!
I’m thinking of making Valentines bookmarks with felt for my boys to hand out to classmates this year. No links! I was just going to do it from my head. Love the little embroidered heart ornaments though. May have to try some of those as well.
Great ideas — I especially like the heart chain.
i adore the Linen Ornaments. So pretty
Thank you so much for the Valentine ideas. My baby girl was born on Valentine’s Day and I love making things to celebrate her very special day!
Adorable, great ideas.
Lots of lovely ideas to look at and get inspiration. this year i have had a go at making some Valentine hangers for colleages at work. I have also made some cards. I think that this time of year lends itself well to lots of fun ideas with pinks, reds, purples, hearts etc. Take a look.
http://indigo-blue-designs.blogspot.com
check out heather bailey’s blog for a great valentine idea! it is sooo cute.
Oooh, I love them all! Now that my son is 3, he’ll be doing stuff at school. I had assumed we would purchase some for him to give, but these have inspired me!!!
All so creative and charming! I always look forward to getting inspired in different ways when I come visit this blog.
sorry you have a link wrong under sunshine’s heart that first link isn’t to any of my blogs. That link just isn’t who made the blue heart.
thanks
sunshine
http://sunshinescreations.vintagethreads.com
http://vintagethreads.com/
Oh I love them all! Thanks for all the links!
I am making a fabric bouqet of flowers for my Grandmother in law. She is in the hospital with a dislocated shoulder. I want to send flowers, but know that it will end up being a mess of dead plants for her to clean up, so I came up with some cute puffy fabric flowers to send her. I’ll post pictures when I’m finished.
I love all of the ideas here so far.
Love all the hearts! That sewing pouch is lovely.
I love all the ideas. Decorating a little tree with the linen ornaments for a valentine tree and using the heat garlands and chains. All great ideas to get in the mood for Valentine’s day.
Such cute ideas! I think I will plan the cardstock garland as a project for my daycare kids! That seems right up their alley. Thanks!
That chain is so cute — reminds me of those Scandinavian mobiles that I forget the name of.
That Valentine chain is really cute. Great ideas, thanks!
Ooh! Ooh! I love the linen hearts by Linaloo. Way too cute!
I love the heart chain too! It take me back to earlier days of crafting with my girls.
This is an easy project my daughter and I did when she was about 8.
We made wire hearts and then strung colored glass beads on thinner wire
and wrapped them in and around the heart. We hung them on thin red
ribbon to make sparkly, colorful sun catchers!
http://www.flickr.com/photos/23164659@N02/archives/date-posted/2008/01/25/
STill trying to figure out all the photo stuff — I’m still new here!
fun stuff! love gardenhoe’s idea.
How adorable! I’m going to try the heart chain out of fabric heart sandwiches.
Great ideas! I can’t wait to create some valentines treasures!
What great ideas!
awww…. all these ideas are awesome! maybe I will make the fortune cookies for the kids in my sons classes…. I love these kinds of crafts!
I love the heart chain! I’m thinking of making some to hang up at work. It always brightens up the patients faces to see decorations up!
Thanks to katie for sharing the link to martha’s site for the felt fortune cookies! They are awesome! I am making a few of them for my valentine!!
oh my…I love Michelle’s hearts! How creative. Great links!
I posted some Valentine sewing tutorials on my blog last week:
http://thedomesticdiva.wordpress.com/2008/01/18/sew-we-now-know-and-some-valentines-day-sewing-projects/
Happy Sewing!
With friendship,
Lisa
I have been meaning to try sewing on paper. Now I have no more excuses… Let’s see what I caome up with!
valentine chain is fantastic! love it. thanks for putting all of these ideas together.
No sewing so far, but I assembled card-amking components in one box, so we can work on classmates’ Valentine Cards over the course of the month. The image of the box is here – http://www.flickr.com/photos/textile_fetish/2181394916/ My daughter is a first-grader.
I love the heart flag/banner!
Such fun ideas! I made a bunch of felt hearts to let my kiddos play with for their Valentines gifts for their friends. I can’t wait to see what they come up with.
I made my own version of Martha Stewart’s Valentine Fortune Cookies:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/cbcyr/2194241191/in/photostream/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/cbcyr/2194240955/in/photostream/
I’m so proud to see my sewing pouch here among all these lovely hearts !
I love Linaloo hearts on linen, I think it will be inspiration for me.
Thank you !
Well, I made this Valentine banner of “the fruits of the Spirit”. As I posted on my blog, Heather Bailey gave me this idea. I really enjoyed making these. I just wish I had had more emblishments to add to the hearts…and maybe some beads too! LOL! Maybe next time.
http://pinkportugueseroses.blogspot.com
What great ideas! My plan had been to break out the macaroni and glitter glue (and I think I still will for one friend, because she’d find it funny), but I may have to get a bit more ambitious.
Yeah, my flag (which will never be placed outside I’m sorry to say) is finished! http://i58.photobucket.com/albums/g250/funda62/004.jpg I did it in pinks instead of red because that is what I had/like.
I really must learn to quilt! I’m practically drooling over that flag!
just put a mini-tute on my blog for a sweet little valentine treat for my sewing friends…you! thanks! =)
I love that Valentine Chain! Thanks for sharing some great ideas!
Totally love Linaloos linen hearts, they are GORGEOUS !!!
I love the sewing puch – the hearts and the pincushion and the embroidery – just all of it!
such sweet little projects! i have a few pieces of vintage fabric which will look so cute with felt for those hearts!
Thanks so much for including me in your V-Day craft post. The Valentine Chain is so easy and My son’s valentines were a hit at his Pre-K. Especially because I attached the “Cars” Valentine of choice to the bottom of the chain. It pleased the masses
. That reminds me, I need to go ahead and put up my Valentine chains. Here’s another idea that involves your little ones precious hands.
http://neweyes.atlblogs.com/archives/010000.html
I was just wondering what my girls and I could make for friends for Valentine’s day, when I thought of your blog. I knew you would have the inspiration we needed-and of course you did. I think we’ll do the felt hearts, but maybe make them as a sachet. All girls like something that smells good-maybe like lavendar.
One more thing, my 9 year old was updating her blog last night. She wanted to know how to add a “Friends” link list. After showing her, the first thing she said was, “I’ve got to put SewMomaSew on my list!” Looks like you reach all age groups!
Thanks again for all the wonderful ideas.
Tammy
I made my banner today- lots of fun. Thanks for sharing the site with us. Pic is in url above.
i have just discovered your blog and love it! These are beutiful ideas, as fresh and perfect for 2009 as they were in 2008. I have a lot of diy freebies on my blog, including a valentine denim project. http://21centurydressmakers.blogspot.com
Happy Valentine’s Day,
Nancy