Little Pink Studio: How about a Tuesday tutorial?

Hello! I can hardly believe how fast January is flying by already! I would like to keep up with the Tuesday tutorials I started during the holiday season, and to start off the year I'm reposting a little project I created for Joli Paquet a couple of years ago. It might give you a jump start on thinking about your Valentines. So, let's get started.

Do you have lots of scraps of lace and trims? This project is a great project to use those scraps and make some pretty Valentines! I sewed my Valentines, but you can certainly make this project using your favorite adhesives if you prefer not to sew.

Gather your supplies:

Canvas sheet (I used Frederix canvas that can be found at Michaels, but you can also use cardstock if you prefer)

paint

Scraps of vintage laces and trims

Coordinating seam binding or ribbon

glue dots

Sewing machine (or your favorite adhesives if you prefer not to sew)

foam brush

paint brush

vintage china doll OR your favorite images (you can do a search for the china dolls on etsy if you don't have one in your stash, I saw several sellers with them)

Hot glue or othe strong adhesive (I use The Ultimate glue)

Satin wings

Begin by cutting a heart shape out of your canvas or card stock. Then brush a layer of paint onto the heart. And set aside to dry.

While your canvas is drying gather your favorite scraps of lace and trim. Cover your heart with glue dots that will help you keep your laces in place while you sew them on. Lay your trims over the heart in whatever manor pleases you.

Begin sewing your scraps to your heart. I stitched around and around the heart until my stitches had covered the whole thing. I did my best to go in a heart shape, but as you can see, that didn't always happen and since I was using a light colored thread that was ok.

Once your trims are completely sewed on, you'll want to trim off the excess. I think it is easiest to do this from the back so that you can just follow along with the shape of the canvas. Save those scraps for making more Valentines!

Next, since my vintage china doll reminded me of a cherub, I wanted to give it some wings. To add polka dots, just dip the end of your paint brush in your paint and dot onto your wings.

Once your wings have been polka dotted to your liking you'll want to glue them to your china doll using either hot glue or another strong adhesive. I use The Ultimate glue. This glue is always in my studio as it will bond just about anything and takes the place of hot glue for me! Besides my Coccoina glues, it's my very favorite glue. You then attach the whole thing to your heart. I chose to place it in the center, but you can put it anywhere you would like!

Once my "cherub" is in place, I punched some holes in the top of the heart and strung the seam binding through. Tie a bow at the top and hang it somewhere it will make you happy. :)

That's it! A great way to use up those vintage scraps of lace! You could further embellish your scrappy Valentines with words, or vintage millinery flowers.

This is another Valentine I made that year using the same technique, but with a vintage image instead.

Have fun, and I would love to see any scrappy Valentines you have made.

xo, Cerri

Comments

Cerri,
I LOVE this! Going to pin it now, then make one.....or two....or....
Lisa :)

Posted by: lisa | January 10, 2012 at 11:52 AM

i love this! So easy, even I can make it. ;) thank you for sharing this!

Posted by: Sheri | January 10, 2012 at 01:58 PM

I love your blog, and ESPECIALLY love your shop :)
Sarah

Posted by: Joy For the Journey | January 10, 2012 at 06:48 PM

I love what you did with the lace. I'll definitely be stealing that idea! Vintage and dyed lace rocks. :-)

Posted by: Julie OBrien | January 10, 2012 at 09:28 PM

LOVE this!!! Thank's for sharing the idea!! I am definitely going to try to make one! I will have to use a vintage photo or some fabric flowers though b/c I don't have a glass Cherub! Yours turned out beautiful!

Posted by: pattie | January 11, 2012 at 12:13 AM