Valentine’s Day is almost here, and many a lovesick young man or woman will be in agonies deciding whether to buy, or make, a love token or two for their heart’s desire. Or, will they wonder if all that effort infused with such emotion, will be appreciated or even reciprocated?
No? Yes? Too much drama? Stick with some tasty snacks, yummy chocolates and a lovely bottle of red to enjoy on my own? That will be me then!
Anyway.
I will join in, my grandchildren will have my love with these felt and fabric hearts filled with lavender from my garden, to place with their clothing in their wardrobe or chest of drawers. And as always grandchildren are my heart’s desire these days.
I have used some left over pieces of my flat felt, and some fabric that I have cut into heart shapes.
This is the front and reverse of each heart
Two fabric hearts, a lovely purple batik. This was a small piece of fabric picked up in a charity shop.
The hearts have been stitched these together using hand sewing, and decorated each with another smaller heart shape, mostly for interest.
I have a jar dried lavender left over from last summer, a couple of spoonfuls used to fill the heart shapes, and after filling the shapes, the opening has been securely stitched closed.
A little ribbon attached to the top and secured with a pretty button and these little hearts can be hung on a garment /clothes hanger if wished, or stored in a drawer. Either way the lavender fragrance will hopefully remind them of me.
This is the finished look of my felt and fabric hearts. I think they are pleasing to look at and they smell lovely too!
It is pleasing to see that my lavender shrubs are all putting on a fresh show of growth for the new year, and I can look forward to another crop of lavender for drying in the summer. Must remember to leave some for the bees though.
PS.
I seem to have got all my photo sizing mixed up this time, despite all best intentions of Ruth and Helene. I am sorry. I have a new phone too, mine had developed the battery life of a gnat, and had become very annoying. The new photos on my phone are not behaving on my laptop. Hopefully I will figure it out before my next post – fingers crossed!