Vintage Hearts

I enjoyed picking through my vintage and antique lace stash the other day so I decided to make something else that I could use the damaged pieces for.

The intact pieces I set aside to make more pillows like this one.

But, the damaged pieces are perfect for these vintage hearts.

I just made a heart pattern from cardboard, traced it onto some striped fabric, cut it out and sewed around the edge…leaving a hole for some fiberfill…

Here it is before stuffing so you can see the long, pointy shape I made.

I stuffed it firmly, sewed it closed and then aged it a bit by painting on a mixture of coffee and glue.
The coffee darkens it and the glue stiffens it. 
I don’t have proportions for you but there are recipes all over the web.
Once it was dry, I glued on some pieces of lace.
I added a vintage button to these two

They turned out very nicely and it wasn’t a long project at all!


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Comments

  1. Very charming my dear. Sweet like you.

  2. They did turn out nicely- What a fun use of materials- xo Diana

  3. Darling hearts!! I love using old pieces of lace and linens. Sometimes people at Estate Sales and flea markets look at me kind of strangely when I buy damaged pieces, but they just don’t understand what I have planned for them.

    Judy

  4. How fabulous! Simple but oh so beautiful!
    Great inspiration.
    Hugs,
    Patti

  5. Your hearts are so pretty. Love the doilies!

  6. So pretty and delicate! x

  7. Your hearts are really cute.

  8. So cute! I like the ticking striped fabric mixed with the crochet lace.

  9. I am in the process of making some heart pillows out of lace , you make it look easier than it is for me. LOL

    I like all your material also, the red striped ticking

  10. I adore these pillows!
    I will be featuring them tonight!
    Thanks for sharing with us!
    Stacey of Embracing Change

  11. These hearts are so folksy and sweet! Thanks for sharing your tutorial.

  12. Lovely. Lovely.

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