Since this is Anabelle’s first Valentines Day, I thought it would be nice to make her a valentine that she could keep – or, I guess, we could keep for her. I got inspired by these images of fabric valentines-y things in the French magazine Marie Clair Idées:
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from Marie Clair Idées |
… So I decided to try to make some quilted Valentines cards. I checked my fabric scrap stash, and found some nice pink prints for Anabelle’s, and some that were a little more masculine to make one for Dave (okay, maybe they’re not masculine, exactly, but it was as close as I could get), as well as some scrap quilt batting.
I cut a cover and an inside layer to 6×8″, and cut the batting to the same size. Then I decorated the front cover (right side of cover fabric) and the inside page (right side of the inside fabric) with scrap hearts, pinked squares and stamped lettering, allowing for a 1/4″ seam allowance around the outer edge.
To make it easy, I used iron-on fusible web, so I didn’t have to stitch everything down, and pinked the applique edges so I didn’t have to finish them.
adorable!!!
Happy Valentines Day,
nathalie
Nathalie, you took the word right off of my keyboard!
Adorable, Jen!
What a really lovely idea, my 6 year old daughter Amelie would love something like that, she would really treasure it! Thanks for sharing.
Thanks, guys! She did seem to find it worthy of a good chew (but then, few things aren't worthy of a good chew these days…)
I hope you had a happy Valentine's Day as well!
[…] Vor einigen Jahren wurde ich mit den Valentines geschickt und machte diese kleinen Stoffkarten. Sie machen wirklich Spaß und können so einfach oder kompliziert sein, wie Sie möchten (oder in meinem Fall haben Sie Zeit). Anabelle war gerade klein, als sie dieses hier bekam, und ich finde es immer noch in ihrem Bücherregal oder in ihren Puppen. Mein Mann mag auch seinen.Das Tutorial finden Sie hier im Blog. […]