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Felt and Fabric Thanksgiving Card

By May Flaum on November 2, 2015 in Autumn / Fall, Card Making, Holidays, Paper Crafts

When it comes to Thanksgiving I don’t do a lot of home decorating, but I do enjoy creating cards for a few special people. This card is a lot of fun to make with fabric scraps, though using patterned paper would work just as well. The harvest Button Bonanza bag is perfect for all your fall crafting needs and just screams Thanksgiving to me.

Supplies Needed: Felt, fabric with iron-on backing, word stickers, thread (hand or machine stitch), liquid adhesive, and harvest Button Bonanza bag

Steps:

Stitch a scrap of fabric, white trim, and felt heart onto a piece of white cardstock
Cut out hearts from a fabric scrap that have adhesive backing and iron them onto the card.
Ink around edges of white cardstock if desired
The final and fun part – adhere down buttons as desired and add word strips as well.

Beyond Thanksgiving, this simple card would be great for any holiday or occasion – and is a lot of fun to make! Don’t forget that you can create this design with either fabric or patterned paper.

Hand Stitched Birds – Button Embellished

By Jen Goode on March 20, 2013 in Mixed Media

You can create these adorable hand stitched little birds using a wide array of materials. Use your mixed-media mojo to create birdies with your own unique look and then embellish with pretty buttons to add color, sparkle and dimension. I absolutely love the new wedding buttons, so I had to use these little glittery hearts for my bird ornaments. Today I’ll share with you how you can make them too.

Button Embellished hand stitched birdies

Materials to make the hand stitched birdies:

From the Buttons Galore and More Store:

Other materials used:

Neutral colored fabric
Coordinating brightly colored fabric
Scissors
Needle and thread (white and black)
Polyfil
DecoArt SoSoft® Fine Glitter fabric paint (Ice Crystal) and paint brush
Twine or ribbon

How to make button embellished hand stitched birds

Cut 2 identical bird shaped pieces of fabric
Stitch both pieces of fabric together, 1/4″ from the edge leaving a 1″ opening. Do not cut thread. Stuff with polyfil. Stitch closed and tie off.
Cut 1 wing shape from colored fabric. Adhere in place (stitch or glue).
Cut a small triangle for the beak and glue in place.
Paint accents using sparkly fabric paint. Allow to dry.
Stitch buttons in place as desired. For buttons that do not lay flat, snip off the button hole ring and glue button in place.
Using black thread, stitch a small eye.
If you’d like your bird to be able to hang to display, stitch a small twine or ribbon loop at the top.

Sparkly wedding buttons

Cut off button back before gluing

Pretty button embellished birds by Jen Goode

Pretty button embellished hand stitched birds by Jen Goode

These hand stitched birdies make a great decoration you can add to any centerpiece, accent other key piece or even include as a gift tag accessory. Mix and match the colors of fabric and buttons to create pretty handmade pieces you can include in any occasion.

Pink Fabric Hearts with Buttons – Valentine decoration

By Jen Goode on January 28, 2013 in Valentine’s Day

I’ve recently started making little fabric ornaments using just plain canvas or linen fabric and embellishing with different materials. It’s an inexpensive material that you can paint, glue and sew with and using colorful buttons you can great a whole variety of different looks. So today I’m going to show you how I made these pretty little pink fabric hearts embellished with fabulous pink buttons. Don’t fret if you don’t sew, just use a fabric glue instead! You can do it.

Fabric heart ornaments with buttons

Materials you need to make Fabric Hearts:

Pink Bubblegum Buttons in assorted sizes
Plain canvas fabric
Needle, thread & scissors
Coordinating ribbon or twine
Polyfil

Materials for making button hearts

How to make fabric hearts with buttons:

Fold fabric and cut a heart shape so you end up with 2 matching heart cut outs.
Stitch heart 1/4″ from edge. Leave a 1.5″ opening.
Stuff with Polyfil.
Stitch buttons in place as desired.
Stitch a loop of ribbon or twine at top for hanging.

Stitch buttons into place

Add a hanging loop to the top of the heart

Optionally, if you choose to use fabric glue in lieu of sewing, glue the buttons on first and allow to dry. Then glue heart pieces together, leaving a space to stuff and then seal closed.

You can add extra embellishments, decorative stitching and other accents to create a look that’s all your own.

Pretty button heart ornament

You can make a whole pile of these fun fabric heart buttons. Make each one unique by choosing from a wide array of red and pink buttons in all kinds of shapes and sizes.