Scrappy Heart Pins for St. Valentine's Day

Earlier this week, I cleaned out my pink scraps of the smallest bits, made the string pieced fabric that I shared when it was on my design wall, cut it up and made these.

Each of the twelve hearts has a few pale pink lazy daisies embroidered on the front and a pin back sewn to the back. 

The hearts are small, each about 3 by 4-inches. Small enough to hold in your hand, pin onto a collar or bag or use as a small pincushion.

I pinned them onto Thank You notes and sent them on their way in the post a few days ago.   I keep thinking about making these 5 or 6 times larger and using them for pillows. 

If you would like to make your Valentine a little heart pinnie, here's how they are made. 

1. Trim fabric to create heart shape, 2. Sew the 2 halves together,

3. Press seam open, 4. Lay the heart face down on back fabric,

5. Stitch, 6. Trim back to match, 7. Clip corners to reduce bulk,

8. Turn inside out, 9. Stuff with polyfill or left-over batting strips,

10. Stuffed and ready to stitch, 11. pin the opening closed and stitch,

12. Ready for embellishment and hardware

This will be my update for Scrap Happy Saturday.  I'm also joining the lists for Finish It Up Friday, Richard and Tanya's Link a  Finish Friday  and Whoop Whoop Friday.