A Little Valentine’s Project

I did a fun little Valentine’s project over the weekend for Eliza Jane and her sweet friend, Brynn.  I found this cute DIY Valentine’s shirt pin on Pinterest and thought, I could do that…

So I did.

I went to Hobby Lobby and bought a shirt for Eliza Jane and a little dress for Brynn {of course they didn’t have two of the same thing in both kids’ sizes…}, along with the pink felt that I needed.

I have a LOT of red felt left over from Eliza Jane’s Halloween costume from last year…so no need to purchase any additional!

I studied the photo I saved on my phone.

I searched through the house to find a heart template, finally finding one in my February issue of Real Simple?!  How do I have nothing heart-shaped in my house?!  Anyway, so I cut out this cute little heart.

I laid it out on the shirt and the dress to see how many actual felt hearts I might need…

And I started tracing them with a “permanent” marker.  I say “permanent” because these are cheap and do not last permanently… ;)

I calculated that I needed five hearts for each neckline – three of one color and two of the other and that I would use the third heart at the bottom of the shirt/dress {you’ll see}.

I cut out my hearts and plotted them in their spots, securing them with a pin.

I debated using my sewing machine, but being that these were going to be such short stitches, I decided to go with hand-stitching.  Hence, they are extremely far from perfect!!!

I also debated on using alternating colored thread, or even gold thread but then I didn’t want to get too crazy and if my thread line ended up looking wonky, I didn’t want it to look sloppy.

Can you tell I am my worst critic?  Bless my heart.

Y’all, these turned out so darling!!!

I sent Dana the picture of Brynn’s little dress Saturday with the caption: “I can’t even….” lovey eyes emoji and the two little girls holding hands.

I may be my worst critic, but dang, I think these are just the sweetest little things!!  I can’t wait to see our sweet girls in these!