Valentine's Fabric Heart PillowDebbie Colgrove

This pattern makes a novelty heart shaped pillow that is approximately 6 1/2" by 6". Theses directions include how to add a cord for hanging. A perfect novelty for a teacher's classroom door or a bus drivers dashboard. Include a suction cup hanger if you have them on hand.
All directions are for 1/4" seams.

Materials Needed:

• Holiday oriented fabric
• Thread
• Cord - 6 - 8"
• Optional: eyelet, piping or trim
• Print out of Heart Pattern
• Stuffing material (example: Polyester Fiberfil)

	Cut two pieces of fabric to match the heart pattern. Choose the front piece and add embroidery or decorations to personalize the heart. If you don't have an embroidery machine be sure to check out the embroidery options available at Free Cross stitch Patterns Index. The holiday section does have an area devoted to Valentines day designs.
	Add trim to one fabric heart. Attach the cord at the dip in the top of the heart as shown in the picture.
	Place right sides together and stitch the hearts together leaving a small area open to turn right sides out. Use small stitches so that when you clip, your seam is very stable. Clip and trim at the curves. In order to not weaken the seam, but still clip to the seam, clip one layer of fabric and move over a bit to clip the other layer.
	Turn right side out. Press. Stuff lightly with stuffing material. Slip stitch the opening closed.

Pointer: Use a copy machine to enlarge the pattern for a larger pillow. By folding the pattern in half and enlarging 50% it will still fit on a standard sheet of paper. But remember to either cut a whole pattern by placing on the fold of a large sheet of paper or cut the fabric on a fold.

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