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Puffy Heart Swap

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Puffy Heart Swap
Swap Coordinator:lvpoohbr2 (contact)
Swap categories: Crafts  Fabric  Sewing 
Number of people in swap:14
Location:Regional - United States
Type:Type 3: Package or craft
Last day to signup/drop:January 31, 2010
Date items must be sent by:February 13, 2010
Number of swap partners:5
Description:

This swap is for some puffy hearts. You've seen these before. They are little rustic fabric heats. The sizes range from 3 inches to about 6 inches. They can be made with all one fabric or with several different fabrics. You can embellish them with fibers, buttons, sequins and whatever else you can think of.

These are to be sewn together, either hand sewn or machine.

Here is my inspiration picture:

Because this is a some what time consuming swap, I want to limit it to swappers that have at least 10 real mail swaps. No rating lower than 4.7 will be allowed and no recent unexplained 1's.

You can start working on these right away. You will have five partners that we send one heart each to, so we can each get a jump on filling a little basket with these sweet little hearts. If you have any questions or concerns, please feel free to pm me.

Discussion

nelliebugsdotcom 01/14/2010 #

Don't have enough swaps yet. Maybe next time. Very cute swap.

yomousey 01/14/2010 #

I'm watching until I get my swaps under 20 but I'm in. I've never seen these before but they are adorable. I'm starting them tonight, LOL!

lltip 01/14/2010 #

I love it. I've made these before. I'm in!!

roosje 01/15/2010 #

These puffy hearts where made by Belinda Spiwak,she wrote a tutorial for the Paper Cloth Scissors newsletter last year.Maybe it is still available?

lvpoohbr2 01/15/2010 #

Yes I believe she still has it. You can go to: Cloth Paper Sissors

Go to the bottom of the page and click on the link that says view a sample.

They give instructions but really there isn't much to these. You can just cut your fabric, sew it, stuff it and embellish it however you choose. My goal is to eventually have a basket full of them. I've made 3 already and they were so easy and soooo cute!!

Have fun!!

CraftyRabbit 01/17/2010 #

I finished all my hearts last night. I loved making them. One question; Can anyone suggest how I can ship them and not be so expensive. My hearts are a little puffy. Can I still ship them in an envelope? Does the postoffice allow that? Does anyone know????

preslarb 01/18/2010 #

Had a nice day off by myself at home....and I started working on these little hearts....what fun I'm having!! I used thin cotton batting as a base to sew on narrow strips of fabric...and I'm adding some neat stitches with my machine...who knows what else..HA!! Thanks lvpoohbr2 for hosting this for us!!

lvpoohbr2 01/18/2010 #

CraftyRabbit~I think the best way to ship these would be in a large envelope or padded envelope. It should be cheaper than in a box. This is a US only swap so there shouldn't be any international rate issues. I hope this helps.

preslarb~I too am having fun with this. Tonight I will attempt some of the decorative stitches my machine has. I've never used them before so I may have to practice a bit on some scrap. I can't wait to have a whole basket of these like in the picture.

malora 01/25/2010 #

Checking: do the three hearts per partner need to be in a connected chain or just single puffy hearts? Excited to use some fancy fabrics I have been saving!

smmarrty 01/28/2010 #

I believe it is 1 heart each to 5 partners. Each heart is individual. The size is 3" to 6"....

lvpoohbr2 01/30/2010 #

Yes smmarrty is correct. 1 heart each to 5 partners. Thanks!

smmarrty 01/31/2010 #

Hi all - So I made some practice hearts this morning. But the "V" of the heart is puckered, even with clipping. Any suggestions how to eliminate the puckering? I am looking in my "Sewing for Dummies" book and on YouTube but no help so far...thanks. You can email me with answers.

lvpoohbr2 02/ 5/2010 #

smmarrty~I'm not turning my hearts inside out to sew them. I'm sewing wrong sides together and stuffing them. That way you can make the edges fringed or use neat stitches etc. I hope this helps.

smmarrty 02/ 5/2010 #

Thanks. Instead of sewing a "V" I sewed a "U" with a flat/straight bottom, and it seems to work well. I will be sending tomorrow.

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