Tutorial: Zipper heart ornaments

Christie from Lemon Squeezy Home shows how you can make these cute zipper heart ornaments. They’d be pretty on any tree, but they’re particularly meaningful to someone who has a child with a heart defect. Christie says, “the reason zipper hearts are frequently used in the heart defect world is because we wish that our kiddos would have an easy in, easy out option, so they are often declared an official member of the “Zipper Club” once they’ve had open heart surgery.” She made up a bunch of these zipper hearts to give to families staying in the cardiac unit at the hospital where her own daughter had heart surgery a year ago. Whether you give them to a cardiac surgery family, or just to someone you love very very much, they’re pretty ornaments and easy to make.

Click below for her tutorial:

Zipper Heart Ornament, by Lemon Squeezy Home

[photo from Lemon Squeezy Home]

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I’m always tempted by the pretty velvets at the fabric store. So much texture! And the way the fibers catch the light! But sewing on velvet is trickier than you’d think. That nap that lends beautiful texture also likes to slip and crawl. That nap can also spell disaster if you cut a piece the wrong direction. That isn’t to say you shouldn’t use buy that velvet and sew it into something gorgeous, you just need to go into your velvet sewing project prepared. And Melissa at Melly Sews has a post that takes you step by step through sewing on velvet.

Velvet is such a luscious fabric, especially for winter sewing projects. Of course there are velvet Christmas sewing projects – stockings, tree skirts, santa hats – but velvet is beautiful for all winter. Think of all the gorgeous velvet dresses, evening bags, hair accessories, even pillows and other home décor that you see all winter long.

Melly Sews’ post gives you the tips and tricks you need to know in order for your velvet sewing project to end up a success. There are types of projects better suited for velvets, and kinds of projects to avoid. She describes the different types of velvet available. And she also tells the best way to lay out and cut your pattern pieces from velvet fabric. Her tutorial also covers marking, pressing, and of course sewing that beautiful fabric. There’s also a video included in case that’s your preferred method for learning.

Head over to Melly Sews to learn how to sew on velvet fabric.

And if you want to learn more about that lovely blue velvet dress shown, she has a post that tells more about it including 2 ways to style it depending on if you want to be more dressy or more casual.

[photo credit: Melly Sews]

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