{"id":4857,"date":"2016-05-01T17:59:45","date_gmt":"2016-05-01T07:59:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sewasoftie.com\/?p=4857"},"modified":"2023-04-26T11:36:06","modified_gmt":"2023-04-26T01:36:06","slug":"fringed-heart-cushion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sewasoftie.com\/2016\/05\/fringed-heart-cushion.html","title":{"rendered":"Easy to Sew Fringed Heart Cushion"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This \u00a0two-toned <strong>fringed heart cushion<\/strong> aims to be simple and elegant, and might just make the perfect gift for kids to make for mum this Mother&#8217;s Day.<\/p>\n<p>Over the last year or so I&#8217;ve been giving quite a few family workshops. I&#8217;ve found that a lot of people who can&#8217;t sew \u00a0feel very intimidated at the thought of sewing something by themselves or with their kids. This has motivated me to design a variety of projects that require only two squares of felt. I&#8217;ve got to say it&#8217;s been a lot of fun and even I have been surprised at how much you can do with such a simple brief.<\/p>\n<p>This <strong>fringed heart cushion<\/strong> is one of these designs.<\/p>\n<p>And my book <a href=\"https:\/\/sewasoftie.com\/2021\/02\/the-zenki-way-a-guide-to-designing-and-enjoying-your-own-creative-softies.html\">The Zenki Way<\/a> will surprise you even more!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/sewasoftie.com\/2016\/05\/fringed-heart-cushion.html\/olympus-digital-camera-52\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-4860\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-4860 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/sewasoftie.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/image-3-e1461741629634.jpg\" alt=\"fringed heart cushion tutorial\" width=\"680\" height=\"599\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h3><strong>What you need<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>30cm X 30cm square of<a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3n2hQai\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"> pink felt<\/a><\/p>\n<p>30cm X30cm square of <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3n2hQai\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">purple felt<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/4456YJd\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Needle<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3HftTrL\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Pins<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Thread<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3L5UZm3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Polyester fiberfill<\/a><\/p>\n<h3><strong>What to do<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><strong><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/sewasoftie.com\/2016\/05\/fringed-heart-cushion.html\/olympus-digital-camera-50\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-4858\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-4858 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/sewasoftie.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Image-1-e1461736308339.jpg\" alt=\"fringed heart cushion\" width=\"680\" height=\"568\" \/><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Place the pink square on top of the purple square. Draw a heart shape onto the pink square. Pin the squares together. Sew a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=c7oQfYXqF4M&amp;t=1s\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">running stitch<\/a> around the heart leaving an 8cm opening for stuffing.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/sewasoftie.com\/2016\/05\/fringed-heart-cushion.html\/olympus-digital-camera-51\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-4859\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-4859 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/sewasoftie.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/image-2-e1461736440969.jpg\" alt=\"fringed heart cushion\" width=\"680\" height=\"585\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Stuff with polyester fiberfill and sew the opening closed.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/sewasoftie.com\/2016\/05\/fringed-heart-cushion.html\/olympus-digital-camera-53\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-4861\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-4861 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/sewasoftie.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/fringed-heart-cushion.jpg\" alt=\"fringed heart cushion tutorial\" width=\"680\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sewasoftie.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/fringed-heart-cushion.jpg 680w, https:\/\/sewasoftie.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/fringed-heart-cushion-300x199.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 680px) 100vw, 680px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Cut fringes around the heart and trim to desired length. And now you can decorate your cushion with ribbons, bows, pom poms or any other fun decorations!<\/p>\n<h3>Here is a video tutorial of another\u00a0 fringed heart cushion<\/h3>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/kwZNzTJ4vfs\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@SewaSoftie\/featured\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">And don&#8217;t forget to subscribe to my youtube channel!<\/a><\/h3>\n<p>Do you want to see how the very same two squares of felt can be made into a <a href=\"https:\/\/sewasoftie.com\/2021\/07\/an-easy-stress-free-cat-softie-pattern.html\">really sweet little cat softie<\/a>?<\/p>\n<p>And here&#8217;s where you can find lots <a href=\"https:\/\/sewasoftie.com\/category\/mothers-day-sewing-projects\">more fun and creative and easy to sew heart tutorials<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Happy sewing, Trixi<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This \u00a0two-toned fringed heart cushion aims to be simple and elegant, and might just make the perfect gift for kids to make for mum this Mother&#8217;s Day. Over the last year or so I&#8217;ve been giving quite a few family workshops. I&#8217;ve found that a lot of people who can&#8217;t sew \u00a0feel very intimidated at &#8230; <a title=\"Easy to Sew Fringed Heart Cushion\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/sewasoftie.com\/2016\/05\/fringed-heart-cushion.html\" aria-label=\"Read more about Easy to Sew Fringed Heart Cushion\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":4864,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[295,104,112,291],"tags":[119,187,87,188,93,145,127,130,92],"class_list":["post-4857","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-mothers-day-sewing-projects","category-sewing-projects-for-kids","category-tutorials","category-valentines-day","tag-craft","tag-cushion","tag-felt","tag-heart-cushion","tag-hearts","tag-mothers-day","tag-sewing","tag-sewing-project","tag-valentines-day","generate-columns","tablet-grid-50","mobile-grid-100","grid-parent","grid-33"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sewasoftie.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4857","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sewasoftie.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sewasoftie.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sewasoftie.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sewasoftie.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4857"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sewasoftie.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4857\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sewasoftie.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4864"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sewasoftie.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4857"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sewasoftie.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4857"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sewasoftie.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4857"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}