Cute As A Button Heart Bag

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  Step 1

  Draw a heart shape onto an A3 sheet of paper and use it as a template to cut 2x shapes from a tshirt.

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  Step 2

  Fold the heart in half and use to cut 4x heart shapes from felt (I used A4 sheets). Leave roughly a 1cm gap.

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  Step 3

  Cut off one half of the heart template's 'head' and cut a further 4 shapes from felt- don't forget the 1cm gap.

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  Step 4

  Pin the heart 'tops' to coincide with their place on the tshirt heart and use embroidery and a cross-stitch to sew on. Only sew along the bottom at this stage.

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  Step 5

  Pin the two hearts together, nice side in. Remember not to pin the two sides of the upper heart together- this is the opening. Baste (wide) stitch along the bottom to roughly the red lines.

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  Step 6

  Take 2x 25in pieces of rope for the handles. Using felt scraps, sew together a 25in x 2in stretch of felt. Leaving the ends of the felt 'open', encase the rest of the rope, pinning together as you go.

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  Step 7

  Use embroidery thread to sew the rope in then trim/tidy any jagged edges.

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  Step 8

  Sew the open flat ends of the handle onto each of the 4 heart curves.

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  Step 9

  Machine/hand stitch along the bottom on the bag where you tacked earlier.

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  Step 10

  Cut 2 heart shapes from the wadding, slightly smaller than he bag shape. Pin onto each side, careful not to pin the opening together. Base is complete.

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  Step 11

  Stitch each of the felt heart halves together with a cross-stitch and add 4x giant buttons in a 'square' arrangement. I used wooden buttons and painted them.

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  Step 12

  Use embroidery thread to do a simple running stitch around the entire bag/each side of the opening and done.

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Lindeh · Aberdeen, Scotland, GB · 10 projects 8th January 2012

Done for you! ^_^

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Vicky · Colchester, England, GB · 55 projects 8th January 2012

Absolutely love this!!! Super cute! You're making me want to go out and buy some super cute fabric to make a heart bag now!
Will you be writing a how-to on this?

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