Hot Glue Heart Embroidery
Have fun making this hot glue heart embroidery project! It’s an easy and creative way to make personalized Valentine’s Day gifts or decorations, and it’s fun for both teens and adults.
Yield: 1 hot glue heart embroidery
Cost: $2
Materials
- FREE Printable Heart Template
- Monk's cloth (or aida cloth, etc)
- Embroidery floss
Instructions
Step 1: Find what you need
- Gather your supplies and materials.
Step 2: Prepare your fabric
- Cut a piece of fabric (such as monk's cloth, aida, linen, or similar) to be 1 to 2 inches bigger than your embroidery hoop.
- Insert the fabric into your embroidery hoop and pull it tight.
- Print one of our free heart templates (find the link in the materials list above) and cut the heart shape of your choice (one that fits nicely in your hoop).
- Trace around the heart with a pencil or washable fabric marker.
Step 3: Add the embroidered heart
- Trace along the heart shape with hot glue. Allow the glue to fully dry.
- Cut 1 full piece of embroidery floss to be about 48 inches long. Thread it through a large-eyed needle and tie the ends together in a knot, so your double thread is 24 inches long.This gives you 12 strands to work with, which will provide good coverage on the heart.You can also use a shorter piece of embroidery floss. You'll just need to start a new thread more often.
- Insert the needle from the back of the fabric through to the front, right next to the dried glue.
- Pull the thread all the way through until the knot stops it at the back. Bring your needle overtop of the glue and down through the fabric, from front to back.
- Repeat this process, working your way around the heart, ensuring the glue is nicely covered.
- Change floss when needed, tucking the ends under the new stitches or tying the thread ends together to secure them.
- Repeat until the whole heart is covered. Secure the last end of the floss under the last stitches.
- Your hot glue heart embroidery is complete!
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Notes
Looking for more hot glue crafts? Here's a few of our favourites:
Painted Hot Glue Pumpkin
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