DIY Lounge » holiday http://blog.diylounge.com Showcasing The Best in Craft Culture Thu, 10 Nov 2011 16:47:20 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 Sticking with you, Valentine – tutorial http://blog.diylounge.com/2010/02/10/sticking-with-you-valentine-tutorial/ http://blog.diylounge.com/2010/02/10/sticking-with-you-valentine-tutorial/#comments Thu, 11 Feb 2010 00:19:52 +0000 jen http://blog.diylounge.com/?p=250 Most of the time when you make a Valentine it ends up in a drawer some where.  I really like functional, useful art/crafts, so when I decided to make something for my son for Valentine’s Day, I decided I would like to make him heart shaped tacks for his bulletin board and a name plate to put on his bulletin board.  I chose this simple fast project, since Valentines day is only a few days away!

Below you will find step by step instructions with images of how I made this.

Here’s are the supplies I used:

wool felt
tacks (with a flat head)
fabric glue
card stock
felt marker
old small paint brush
scissors
corrugated cardboard
black thick marker

Cut out small heart shapes that are slightly larger than the size of the tack. Cut 5 small hearts. This is will be used inside the fabric heart to stabilize it.  Cut out a slightly larger shaped heart (maybe a ¼ to a 1/16 of an inch wider all the way around.) Cut one to use as a template for felt.

Trace larger heart onto felt fabric with a felt marker. Cut out 10 felt hearts or twice as many hearts as the number of felt tacks you want.

Push one of the small sized hearts onto the tack. Then put fabric glue on the back of the felt heart. Now push the tack through the felt heart with the glue side up.  Next take another felt heart and place it on top of the glued heart. Then trim up the two glued together hearts. Make 5 felt heart tacks or as many pins as you would to make.

Now using a piece of corrugated cardboard, cut out a rectangular piece to use as a name plate. Write a name in black marker. Then use felt hearts to embellish.  Here is the completed project in my son’s room.  I used one of the heart tacks to hang up a piece of his art work.

by: Jen Neitzel

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