Heart Lollipops: Made with Upcycled Sweaters & Felt
Here it is almost Valentine’s Day, and that means craft time to me. I am always looking for new things to make using my favorite felted wool sweater scraps, and these heart lollipops are the cutest!
It’s a quick little project that you can whip up in no time at all. Trust me, you won’t be able to make just one.
Of course, you can make these hearts with regular felt, but a felted wool sweater just adds so much character and texture. (I hope you’ve been saving all your felted wool sweater scraps)! They really do come in handy for a lot of things.
What do you do with heart lollipops?
You can’t eat them, but you can:
- Stick them in a potted plant to decorate your home
- Embellish a valentine gift wrapping
- Place one in a plant that you are giving as a gift
- Put a bundle of them in a small vase and give as a gift.
- Leave the stick off, and add a loop to hang the heart on a doorknob or wall.
What you’ll need:
The pattern downloaded, printed and cut out. GET THE PATTERN HERE.
- fabric scissors
- embroidery needle and embroidery floss ( about a yard and a half for one heart)
- felt or felted wool sweater (one that won’t fray)
- Bamboo skewers, or sucker sticks
- glue gun and glue sticks
- fiber fill stuffing
Instructions:
Watch the VIDEO TUTORIAL at the end of the post
Cut out 2 hearts.
Thread the needle with 3 strands of embroidery floss. (Embroidery floss usually comes in a skein of 6 strands) I like to split it into half, making it not so bulky.
Knot the end of the thread and take a stitch right at the point, with the knot sandwiched in middle so it doesn’t’ show.
Sew around the heart using a BLANKET STITCH. If you are not familiar with this stitch, you can watch a tutorial here.
Stop about an inch from where you started.
Add a little stuffing to puff it up a bit, but not too much!
Add a little dollop of hot glue to one end of the stick and poke it inside the heart, and inside of the stuffing.
Continue sewing until you come to the bottom point of the heart. Wrap the needle around the stick and take another small stitch to knot the end.
Insert the needle back into the fabric right on top of a previous stitch and pull the needle out in the middle of the heart.
Clip the thread.
You can place it in a small cellophane bag and tie a bow around it, or leave unwrapped.
Another way to make the heart is to leave the stick out and add a loop for hanging.
If you choose to sew them up this way, start sewing at the top notch of the heart instead of the bottom of the heart.
Make a loop with a piece of jute or ribbon and make a knot at the end. Insert that into the heart before you stitch the opening up.
Be sure to check these posts for some other Valentine’s ideas.
Jan Howell
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