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Heart part 1


The scarf was tossed on the counter with my eldest daughter's words "When are you going to add something to my scarf? You said you were going to." The back story is that I make my kids scarves. Could there be anything easier then sewing a piece of polar fleece into a long tube? Nope. The problem is when I made my younger daughter's scarf this winter I added a pretty cute bird to the end of the scarf. My eldest daughter's scarf on the other hand is boring and plain. This seems like opportunity knocking!

As Valentine's Day approaches I am looking for ways of sharing the "love" and creating beautiful hearts! When my daughter agreed that hearts would be "perfect" I knew I had landed on my first craft project for this blog.
In a few simple steps I took a boring old polar fleece scarf into a one of a kind creation. You can too. Just start with the scarf you already have...no need to make a new one. Here are the steps.
Items/Tools you will need:

- polar fleece scarf (or any scarf will do)
- polar fleece scraps, colour of choice
- coordinating thread
- needle
- scissors
- scrap piece of paper you will make into a heart shaped template
- straight pins
How to do it:

Step 1: Fold a scrap piece of paper in half and draw on half a heart (just like you did in kindergarten), cut along the line and unfold the paper to reveal your perfectly symmetrical heart shaped template
Step 2: Position the heart shaped template on your scraps of polar fleece, pin it in position

Step 3: Either trace, or cut, out the heart shape

Step 4: Unpin the template and pin the fleece heart on the scarf in the spot where you wish to sew it on

Step 5: Using a basic blanket applique stitch, attach the heart to the scarf
Step 6: Repeat these steps with as many hearts as you would like to attach

The end result got a wide-eyed smile and an exuberant "thumbs up". Well worth the effort. I hope you will try embellishing a scarf with hearts for the little monkey you love (or big monkey).

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About Jen

Jen Farr is a mother living in Toronto, Canada. She has been sharing her DIY crafts, recipes, activities and parenting advice for over 15 years on her blog Kitchen Counter Chronicle. Jen is the mom of 2 lovely daughters. She believes in the power of taking small steps that can make big impacts on the world.

Comments

  1. Personal Shopping for Discerning People says

    January 27, 2011 at 8:14 pm

    Love this! What a great idea and loving touch! I love your new blog!!

  2. Jen says

    January 27, 2011 at 8:29 pm

    Thanks Veronica!

  3. Cerys @ Rainy Day Mum says

    January 10, 2012 at 4:13 am

    What a lovely idea and I hadn't thought of making tube scarves for the children and I love the applique hearts.

    Thank you also for linking up to Made with Love

  4. Angelique Felix says

    January 10, 2012 at 4:47 am

    Oh, I love the scarf and the hearts!! Such a clever idea to make it personal. And a lovely valentines idea too.

    Love from Angelique fomr the 'Made With Love' link up

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