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DIY petite fabric heart charm


fabric heart charm DIY by AppleApricot


When my blog was only a few days old I made a tutorial for a sweet fabric heart charm. I was all into pink at that time!

Now, three years later, I revisited this post after I noticed it got pinned to pinterest. I thought it was charming, but the photo editing needed a bit of an update. So I dug up the old original photos, edited them and updated the original post.

Then I got enthusiastic about this sweet charm.

With my current style and preferences in mind I created a new fabric heart charm and made a tutorial for you. And I made another charm :)




Materials needed

Fabric (leftovers are perfect for this!)
A small piece of lace or other applique / embellishment / piece of fabric
Needle and thread
Scissors
Small heart shape template
(there are plenty on pinterest but I just eyeballed mine by folding a piece of paper, cut a half heart, unfold, et voila)
Pins
Cotton stick
Cotton wool or other filling for your heart
Thin ribbon (optional)
Beads


How to make this charm

DIY wire and lace heart


DIY wire and lace heart by AppleApricot


A few days ago I saw a beautiful tutorial of a wire and lace heart by Miri of Miris Rosenhuegel (scroll down on her blog page for the heart tutorial).

I loved the wire and lace hearts she created but the tutorial is in German (which doesn't have to be a problem though) and I wanted an easier way to create a similar effect plus I wanted to add lace in the middle too. So I decided to make my own DIY.

So here it is, my wire and lace heart DIY.