These Valentine greeting cards are a simple sewing and embroidery project that you can finish in a short time. You will create heartfelt designs with basic stitches and turn them into charming cards perfect for sharing with loved ones. This practical handmade gift brings a personal touch to Valentine's Day.
Embroidered greeting cards make unique gifts. For these Valentine-themed cards we used the designs from the Valentine's Couple Set for the large hoop (5" x 7").
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You will need:
- embroidery threads (polyester or rayon)
- fabric for the embroidery
- medium to light-weight iron-on stabilizer
- red and white cardstock
- 3 sheets of letter size white paper
- Steam-a-Seam2 double stick fusible web (or similar product) and/or multipurpose glue
- graphic pencil
- rotary cutter or sharp paper scissors
- shears with zig-zag edges
- quilter's ruler
- iron
- any additional embellishments such as trims or ribbons (optional)
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Embroidery:
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Stabilize the fabric with iron-on stabilizer. Make sure that the fabric and stabilizer adhere to each other firmly. Hoop tightly.
Upload the designs to the machine. Embroider.
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After the embroidery is finished, unhoop and press. Do not remove the stabilizer!
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On the back of the stitch-outs with hearts, draw the shape of a heart with margins of about 1/4" to 1/2" from the stitches.
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Cut out the shapes.
Trim the third stitch-out to a 4 1/2" x 6" rectangle. |
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Out of white cardstock, cut 2 strips measuring 7" x 10". Out of red cardstock, cut a strip of the same size.
Fold each strip in half, aligning all edges. Using the handle of the scissors, make the crease on the folded edge.
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| Out of red cardstock, cut 2 more pieces of about 5" x 6". |
Cut a piece of Steam-a-Seam2 web the same size as the stitch-outs.
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Remove the protective paper on one side of the web. Place the stitch-outs on the web and press it with your fingers so that the stitch-out adheres to the web.
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With the zig-zag shears, trim the edges of the shapes, simultaneously removing the excess web around the stitch-outs.
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Remove the protective paper from the other side of the web on the heart-shaped stitch-outs.
Place them on the red 5" x 6" pieces and press with a hot iron until the web melts and the stitch-outs are permanently glued. |
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| With zig-zag shears, cut out the smaller heart-shaped stitch-out, repeating the heart shape and leaving 1/4" margins. |
| With zig-zag shears, trim the edges of the red rectangle with the heart-shaped stitch-out. |
Remove the protective paper from the other side of the web on the rectangular stitch-out. Place the stitch-out on the front of the folded red cardstock and press with a hot iron until the web melts and the stitch-out is permanently glued to the card.
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| Adhere the heart-shaped stitch-outs to the folded white cardstocks. |
Out of letter size sheets of paper, cut 3 strips measuring 7" x 10" each. Fold them in half and insert into the cards.
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| Use a ribbon to keep the inserts in place. |
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| Have fun! |
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