DIY heart stamped scarf for valentines

Hi all! As all of you know, valentines day is just around the corner. Luckily, we don't necessarily have to buy valentines stuff to make it special, since we can also DIY! I wear a lot of scarfs, since it adds easily colour to an outfit and also keeps me warm. So I thought of making an easy valentines-themed stamped scarf tutorial for you guys as well! Here we go:

MATERIALS
- Fabric of your choice, keeping in mind it should be natural fibres. I used 130x75cm (approx 50x30 inch) piece. Note also that fabric must be washed before printing on it!
- Fabric colour 
- Carving block
- Paint brush
- I cut my stamp with a big shot machine, but you can also cut it by hand with an utility knife!
- a piece of foam rubber
- an iron (not pictured)
- a sewing machine / needle and thread if you want to finish the edges of your scarf (not pictured)

note: you don't really need the glue pictured, at first I thought making a handle to my stamp but finally I didn't need that!

INSTRUCTIONS

1. Start by cutting your heart shape out of the carving block either with a cutting machine or by hand.

2. With a help of a brush, add fabric paint on your foam rubber. Stamp your heart shape on the colour making sure the color get evenly everywhere. Then stamp your fabric with the heart shape. You can use any kind of flat, hard object to help you press the shape evenly to the fabric (I used the cutting boards of the big shot machine).


3. That's all! Now just keep repeating the stamping process. Note that you might get some colour on your fingers and that some of the heart shapes will definetily not come out perfectly, but in my opinion that's part of what makes DIYing so fun. Remember to add colour every now and then!


4. Keep going untill you're happy with the result. Let dry and iron, following the instructions of your fabric paint. Finish the edges as you want: sew them with a sewing machine or by hand, or let them raw depending on your fabric. For now, I didn't finish the edges of my scarf, but when I'll get a better sewing machine I think I might!

That's all folks. Hope you liked it! Have you done any projects for the valentines day this year? Do you have any plans? See you soon!



Nopea moikkaus täältä ja pieni ohjeistus helpon sydän-huivin painamiseen, näin ystävänpäivä mielessä. Tuo big shot-kone on kyllä kätevä muotojen leikkaamiseen mutta käsin leikkaamallakin pärjää mainiosti! Ei sitten muuta kuin ohjeita seuraamaan niin vielä ehtii päästä hempeisiin tunnelmiin huomenna :) Jos on jotain kysyttävää niin kysykää ihmeessä!

Oletteko itse tehneet mitään ystävänpäiväprojekteja? Tai onko erityisiä suunnitelmia huomiseksi? Kuullaan taas!