DIY ~ How to Sew a Heart on Your Sweater

You know how you sometimes buy that sweater because it's on super sale & it's hot pink & it's really cute & it's hot pink & it kind of looks vintage-y & it's got the perfect v-neck & it's hot pink!!! Then 2 years later you're looking through your closet & you see said sweater & it still has the tags on it. What!  Now the only problem is- besides the pretty color- it's seems kind of boring... So with Valentines around the corner why not put a ♥ on It!

    What you will need

     sweater

     scissors 

     paper

     pencil

     fusible interfacing

     scrap of fun fabric- preferably cotton weight

    {not pictured- seam ripper}

 1~ cut out your heart- I cheated & used a paper heart stamp cut out 

{if you are going to draw your heart, it's a good idea to fold your paper in half & draw half a 

heart then cut the half heart out & open the paper to get two even sides to your heart- although an uneven 

heart would also be pretty cute}

 2 ~ trace your heart onto your fun fabric. you won't see the marker so use 

black sharpie if you want- then cut it out

3 ~ set the heart on top of your fusible interfacing & cut out duplicate heart 

{make sure shiny side of fusible interfacing is touching wrong side of your fabric- use directions that 

come with your fusible interfacing if you need to}

4 ~ Iron together- using medium heat- this will keep your edges from fraying as 

well as keeping your heart from from wrinkling

5 ~ pin it to your sweater - one pin in the center will work

{go look in a mirror to see where you like it best- yes this is a different paper heart. 

I had my friend Amy take this picture while she was over for a play date}

6 ~ turn your sweater inside out & push on the heart so you can see the 

outline of your heart

7 ~ place your fused heart fabric side down using the outline of the heart on the 

other side as reference for where to put it

8 ~ use a pencil & draw little dots around the heart

9 ~ unpin the heart on the other side 

{pencil mark doesn't need to be too dark}

 10 ~ pin your heart on starting with a center pin- using the 

pencil marks as a guide 

11 ~ sew it on! 

{I sewed my seam close to the edge of the heart & sewed around the heart twice}

12 ~ turn your sweater right side out. take your seam ripper & carefully 

put a hole in your sweater 

{being careful not to go through your cotton heart}

can you see the yellow polka dots peeking through- now you have a hole 

ready for your scissors to start cutting away

13 ~ cut as close to the seam as possible going around the entire heart 

wha la-  cute eh? 

 here's a mirror pic so you can see the cute polka dots a little better- I flipped the pic so 

you all didn't get confused by the heart being on the wrong side- 

{no I don't think you are dumb- I just didn't want you to be confused}

* check out some of my other Valentines Day diy's here, here, here, here, here