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Home » Holidays & Special Days » Valentine's Day » DIY Felt and Buttons Valentine’s Day Garland

DIY Felt and Buttons Valentine’s Day Garland

January 21, 2015 by KC Coake 12 Comments

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I don’t know about you, but I love decorating and creating fun ideas for Valentine’s Day. The colors are so fun and where I live the winter is cold and often dreary. Adding some Valentine’s cuteness around the house makes me feel like spring just may come and we may see the sun again. Is it like that for you?

Valentine's Day crafts like this adorable garland for my home decor are so fun to make and look at. Can't wait to use this in my decorations this year!

I have wanted to make this garland for a couple of years now and for one reason or another, I just haven’t. I think I was waiting to get the idea of adding the cute little buttons, which came to me this year.

I made felt hearts like this a few years ago when I made this cute Valentine’s wreath and had planned to make this garland at that time as well. Two years later, I got it done!

Now, I’ve got the tutorial to show you how to make your own felt and button Valentine’s garland. Oh and by the way, this cost me less than $7 to make! How is that for some cute cheapness? Love that!

Supplies:

  • Felt
  • Heart template
  • Ribbon
  • Thread
  • Needle
  • Buttons
  • Scissors
  • Hot glue or fabric glue
  • Polyfill
  • White and red embroidery thread
  • Embroidery needle

Valentine's Day crafts like this adorable garland for my home decor are so fun to make and look at. Can't wait to use this in my decorations this year!

Start by deciding on how many hearts you will need for your space. Cut the hearts out of the felt. I have a free printable template for you that you can use to get them all the same size. Just pin them on the felt and cut away.

Hot glue (or use fabric glue) the ribbon in place on the inside of the back heart.

Valentine's Day crafts like this adorable garland for my home decor are so fun to make and look at. Can't wait to use this in my decorations this year!

Arrange and sew your buttons in place on the front of the top heart.

Valentine's Day crafts like this adorable garland for my home decor are so fun to make and look at. Can't wait to use this in my decorations this year!

When I make things like this, I really like to hide all the knots. I like the polished finished look better. To do that with these hearts, start by hiding your knot inside the heart. Sew down through the bottom heart near the edge, but inside a bit (as pictured above).

Valentine's Day crafts like this adorable garland for my home decor are so fun to make and look at. Can't wait to use this in my decorations this year!

Place your two layers of hearts together and go up through both layers of heart near the edge of the heart and the knot that is now hidden inside the heart.

Valentine's Day crafts like this adorable garland for my home decor are so fun to make and look at. Can't wait to use this in my decorations this year!

Sew the stitches around the edge of your heart. When you get back to the edge upon which you started, fill the heart with your polyfill. Finish sewing the stitches to close the heart.

Valentine's Day crafts like this adorable garland for my home decor are so fun to make and look at. Can't wait to use this in my decorations this year!

Once again, we want to hide the knot so it won’t be seen. When you get back to the place where you started sewing, bring your needle up through the bottom layer of felt only. Do this right near a stitch, as you can see above.

Valentine's Day crafts like this adorable garland for my home decor are so fun to make and look at. Can't wait to use this in my decorations this year!

Take your needle back behind the stitch.

Valentine's Day crafts like this adorable garland for my home decor are so fun to make and look at. Can't wait to use this in my decorations this year!

Create a knot before you tighten your thread around the stitch. Pull the knot tight as close to the thread as you can. Tie an additional knot and clip your thread as close to the knot as you can.

Use your needle to gently push the knot in under the stitches.

Valentine's Day crafts like this adorable garland for my home decor are so fun to make and look at. Can't wait to use this in my decorations this year!

Your knots are now totally hidden and you have a finished adorable felt heart for your garland.

Repeat the process for each heart that is needed. I like to do all of one thing at a time, so I started by hot glueing all of the ribbon. Then I sewed all of the buttons, etc. Until I had completed 12 hearts, 3 of each of my 4 colors.

Valentine's Day crafts like this adorable garland for my home decor are so fun to make and look at. Can't wait to use this in my decorations this year!

I decided to use the glittler clothespins I made last year and hang the hearts from this adorable polka dot tulle. The glitter clothespins sure are handy! I’ve used them to many times.

Valentine's Day crafts like this adorable garland for my home decor are so fun to make and look at. Can't wait to use this in my decorations this year!

I just love the button detail on these hearts!

Valentine's Day crafts like this adorable garland for my home decor are so fun to make and look at. Can't wait to use this in my decorations this year!

I still haven’t decorated for Valentine’s Day. I often like to wait until February and in January have a winter theme in the house. However, writing this post has me excited to get out my Valentine’s decorations and see all the fun colors. My oldest daughter has her 13th birthday coming up and as her nickname is Snowflake, I will have to check with her if she wants winter or Valentine’s day things out for her birthday. 🙂

Anyway, getting back to the garland, it was easy to make. I sat and worked on the sewing while watching TV at night. It was kind of soothing, which is really surprising because I usually really dislike hand sewing. I know you can make this or something similar. If you do, I’d love to see a picture! You can show me that on Facebook or tag me on Instagram.

Once I get my Valentine’s decorations up, I’ll take a picture of my mantel (which will have this and the rose ribbon wreath I made this year) and put in on Instagram for you to see. So, follow me there if you want to see it.

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  1. Jessa says

    January 23, 2015 at 6:36 pm

    This is so sweet KC! I’m loving all your Valentine’s goodness!

    Reply
    • KC Coake says

      January 25, 2015 at 9:54 pm

      Thanks so much Jessa!

      Reply
  2. heidi says

    January 29, 2015 at 5:39 pm

    I love this felt garland!! I like that it’s easy enough for me and cheap!! Thank you for sharing!! New to your blog and I’m loving it!!

    Reply
    • KC Coake says

      February 2, 2015 at 8:55 pm

      Thank you! I’m so glad you like it and that you are enjoying my blog. Puts a smile on my face. 🙂

      Reply
  3. Julie says

    January 15, 2017 at 6:32 pm

    I love a good garland, this is so pretty. The little buttons really make it special.

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    • KC Coake says

      January 17, 2017 at 1:17 pm

      Thank you!

      Reply
  4. Roseann Hampton says

    January 16, 2017 at 8:28 pm

    Cute idea!

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    • KC Coake says

      January 17, 2017 at 1:37 pm

      Thank!

      Reply
  5. JaneEllen says

    January 30, 2017 at 1:03 am

    Love your felt heart garland. Whatever it is about felt and garlands I sure love making them. Our daughter asks me why I make things and decorate for days like Valentine’s Day. It’s just hubs and I but I enjoy decorating for special days and seasons anyway, what else do have to do that’s more important? Keeps my mind busy and gives our little house some happy in it. Why not? Get so many wonderful ideas from bloggers like yourself and learn about more things to make. All our grand kids are pretty much grown up now, no little ones for long time, youngest is 16, will be 17 in April.
    Anyway, looks like you make some really nice things to delight your family, sounds like they appreciate them. I used to make all kinds of things when our 4 kids were young.
    Enjoy your week. I’ll be busy making a felt heart garland. Better go see what colors of felt I have.

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    • KC Coake says

      February 4, 2017 at 8:08 pm

      Thanks so much! I think if you enjoy it you should totally make as many felt garlands as your little heart desires! Hope you had fun making your garland. Thanks for leaving your sweet comment.

      Reply
  6. Joyce @ My Stay At Home Adventures says

    January 31, 2017 at 6:26 pm

    This is super cute! I love it and thank you for sharing it with us at #FunstasticFriday

    Reply
    • KC Coake says

      February 4, 2017 at 8:16 pm

      Thanks so much!

      Reply

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