Sweet Hearts

Hello everyone! How was your weekend? Well while the boys in my life were busy watching the Super Bowl game on Sunday, I ended up playing with some fabric. Now before I begin, I have to make it clear that I am by NO means sew savvy! This fun little project was solely based on the fact that I wanted to "make some pretty pastries" - without having to worry about eating them afterwards! lol

Ok, ya'll are probably wondering what the heck I'm talking about. Well, I have gained about 10-15 pounds over the holidays {so sad, but oh so true}. And that's on TOP of the extra 15 pounds I was trying to lose pre-holiday time. So, I figured why not make some pretty little baked goods...but with felt fabric & some beads instead! :)

I was inspired to do this initially by the "fake foods out of felt" that my son often plays with {they sell them at IKEA}. Now I have to tell you that it's been about a "minute" {a very long one...we're talking years here} since I've done any crafting with fabric. So please kindly forgive my rusty non-existent sewing skills.

So I went digging for my crafting supplies, and although I already had some needles & beads on hand, I ended up having to buy some embroidery floss {0.35 cents each} and felt squares {0.29 cents each} at Michaels. And instead of using polyester fill, I went cheapo and just used cotton balls from home {don't laugh}, because I didn't want to buy an entire bag! :)

I needed a refresher on how to blanket stitch and whip stitch, and this website here helped. But clearly I need some practice as you can see from my uneven spacing, but even so, I really enjoyed this fabric craft project. Who knows, maybe it will inspire me to purchase an actual sewing machine so that I can finally learn how to really sew properly {with a machine}! :)

But for now, I was content on making these "Sweet Hearts" and putting them in a box just for fun. :)

So I cut out some circles & hearts. Then decorated them with some "Hugs & Kisses" and some "Hearts." :)

...and some pastel colored beads. Stuffed them and then stitched up the edging all around.

Then put them in a box with some pink ribbon around. And voila, we have a petite box filled with some "pretty pastries."

But what can be better than a boxful of little pastries?

Well that would be a {vintage} plateful of pastries, of course! :) All I need now is some "coffee" or "tea" to go with it. :) Until next time, enjoy your week!

XOXO's,
Jessie


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