After all the hard work of making the Christmas hampers for my friends and family I thought I was due to make myself a Christmas craft which I can use each year. So I made this Garland after seeing it made on a craft programme. I had all the materials already so I only needed to but some curtain rope which I found for 59p a metre - Bargain! This is what I did....
I cut out 10 hearts with a stencil I had kept from the Christmas Tree Button hearts. Here are the five materials I chose, so I cut out two each.
And sew around the heart leaving gap big enough to put the stuffing in (about 1-1.5in.)
Then you need to stuff the bad boys......
Once stuffed you need to either hand sew them closed or pop them back under the machine like I did, its a bit tricky but it can be done. You should them have enough hearts to make your Garland. If you are only using hearts you made yourself make around eight all together and this makes approx a 2 metre Garland.
Finally just before you tie them to the Garland you need to get some craft wire and roll it around something a few time to make it strong enough to tie the cord around, I used a prit stick. Then sew the wire onto the top of the heart with a few stitches.
Once all eight hearts are completed you are ready to tie them all onto your cord, I used just over 2 metres to allow room for the knots and then measured the hearts evenly across tieing each into place with a overhand knot.
And there it is my Christmas Garland - Merry Christmas x
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