tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8777777459414749207.post1927031959356660070..comments2024-01-24T09:45:16.647-05:00Comments on Reflections in the Window: Simple Woman Day bookJenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17452626776404143974noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8777777459414749207.post-86398350171066071572008-06-16T13:42:00.000-04:002008-06-16T13:42:00.000-04:00Love this picture too! :)Thanks for the comment ...Love this picture too! :)<BR/><BR/>Thanks for the comment on my hearts. I think you should make some too!!! The lavender idea sounds lovely. I always wanted to do that..maybe one day.<BR/><BR/>I will try to do a post about how i made the hearts to show everyone. <BR/><BR/>But to get the fringe:<BR/><BR/>The fabric I used was cotton that I got from my Mother-in-love a few years ago. Its kinda like a sturdy tea towel dish cloth but I have used all kinds of material to make hearts. I find that bed sheet type of cotton/polyster works best to help make the edges fray more.<BR/><BR/>How I made them: I traced out a heart on paper. Cut it out. Traced around the paper heart onto the fabric. Cut out TWO of the heart shaped fabric. BUT the key is to leave a bit of fabric around the heat when your cutting. In other words, dont cut it out the same size as the paper heart, cut it so it looks bigger that way you get extra material that will fray when you sew it. Then Pin the 2 heart fabrics together with one little pin. <BR/><BR/>Usually people sew inside out. But I dont because this way I get the fray edge. So what I did was I sewed the heart fabrics together by looping the thread over (unlike sewing in a straight line).<BR/><BR/>If you find it doesnt give a good enough fray edge (because it depends on the fabric) then cut little slits around the edges and it will really give it a frayed look.<BR/><BR/>Hope that made sense LOL!<BR/>Candy :) :)candyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15788894816760003783noreply@blogger.com