Hey friends! I have a new project to share with you today: thank you cards in bulk using the pretty pastels of my Bloom Street collection and Pie Chart Heart cut file!
First, I designed a new cut file called Pie Chart Heart. I shrunk the heart down to 2.5", made 16 of them, arranged them in a 4x4 grid in Cricut Design Space, and cut (16) 3" squares of patterned papers to add onto a Cricut cutting mat. One pass and all the hearts were cut!
Then I cut 16 solid hearts from white cardstock on which to build my patterned paper pieced hearts. I placed a positive pie chart heart onto a solid heart with a temporary adhesive then carefully grabbed one inner slice from the first patterned heart and used liquid glue to attach it into its coordinating section. Then I grabbed the next inner slice from the next patterned paper - repeated 16 times until the first heart was filled.
I carefully peeled off the positive heart and was left with a beautiful rainbow heart. I repeated this process 15 more times to complete all of the hearts. It took about 3 hours to piece all the tiny patterns. I totally love a good project though and it kept me occupied instead of dwelling on Coronavirus.
To add more character and texture, I machine stitched across all of the hearts using my Brother sewing machine and white thread by Coats & Clark. I don't have a special needle or anything, it's just the standard kind the comes in a pack and I never (okay, never say never, but RARELY) stitch on fabric, only paper. I've had my sewing machine for over a decade and I love it. It was the cheapest sewing machine I could find at Wal-Mart so many years ago. I stitched across all of the white dividing lines through the hearts to create a fun and funky sunburst pattern on the background then I used scissors to trim the excess thread ends.
Here is a process video to show you how this idea started off as a layout and then evolved into cards:
First, I designed a new cut file called Pie Chart Heart. I shrunk the heart down to 2.5", made 16 of them, arranged them in a 4x4 grid in Cricut Design Space, and cut (16) 3" squares of patterned papers to add onto a Cricut cutting mat. One pass and all the hearts were cut!
Then I cut 16 solid hearts from white cardstock on which to build my patterned paper pieced hearts. I placed a positive pie chart heart onto a solid heart with a temporary adhesive then carefully grabbed one inner slice from the first patterned heart and used liquid glue to attach it into its coordinating section. Then I grabbed the next inner slice from the next patterned paper - repeated 16 times until the first heart was filled.
I carefully peeled off the positive heart and was left with a beautiful rainbow heart. I repeated this process 15 more times to complete all of the hearts. It took about 3 hours to piece all the tiny patterns. I totally love a good project though and it kept me occupied instead of dwelling on Coronavirus.
To add more character and texture, I machine stitched across all of the hearts using my Brother sewing machine and white thread by Coats & Clark. I don't have a special needle or anything, it's just the standard kind the comes in a pack and I never (okay, never say never, but RARELY) stitch on fabric, only paper. I've had my sewing machine for over a decade and I love it. It was the cheapest sewing machine I could find at Wal-Mart so many years ago. I stitched across all of the white dividing lines through the hearts to create a fun and funky sunburst pattern on the background then I used scissors to trim the excess thread ends.
Soooooooooo love love love these! LOVING those hearts and the stitching is PERFECT!!!!!
ReplyDeleteLove this project. And I particularly love anything with stitching, so this is right up my alley. Thank you for the tutorial and fabulous project.
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