Before I share our decor for this year, let’s take a look at how I decorated a few years ago. You can read that post HERE.
I didn’t decorate my mantle this year but I did add the garland upstairs on our media unit since that is where we spend most of our time. It’s not much but I love it. I love it mostly because it’s something that I’ve made. I’m slowly learning how to use my machine (Brother SE400) and I’m not as scared as I used to be 🙂
This project used two pieces of felt, a yard of red yarn, and white pom balls.
The whole project takes about an hour.
The letter hearts were made using the heart embroidery design that is standard on the Brother SE400. I framed tearaway stabilizer in the hoop and cut 4″x4″ square of felt and laid that on top of the stabilizer. After the heart was stitched, I stitched the letter (keeping the heart on the frame). 4x (for each letter L O V E). Once those were done, I cut them out using scissors.
I made the small xox hearts using my sewing machine with a digital file from GG Designs Embroidery . I think it’s about $4.00 for the file. I was able to print four of these onto one 4″x4″ felt. Frame the stabilizer in the hoop like before and lay the felt on top of it. Do this until you have enough for your desired length.
I used a large needle to thread the hearts, poms and letters onto the yarn. Note: You will have to use the need to make holes in the letters and xox hearts because they don’t have holes.
The pom poms and felt are from Michael’s (used a 40% off coupon).
Lura
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