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}
