I made this small, heart shaped bean bag for my family recently. We like to play the Love Game whenever tensions run high or tempers flare in our house. To Play: Have the family sit on the floor in a circle. Give the beanbag to a member of the family who is "it". They toss the bag to another member and say something they love or appreciate about that person. Then that person is "it". Continue until every member of the family has had a turn as the tosser and receiver.
Here's how you make this project.
- 1 ft. square scrap of solid colored fabric
- 1 ft square scrap of printed fabric
- rice
- sharp scissors
- sewing machine
- washing machine & dryer
2. Right sides up, sew smallest heart onto printed fabric, centering it. Use at least a 1/4" seam.
3. Right sides up, sew printed fabric onto largest heart, centering it. Use at least a 1/4" seam.
4. Repeat with back side of project.
5. With wrong sides together, sew front and back of project together, leaving a 1 inch hole for stuffing.
6. Using sharp scissors, cut small slits, 1/4 inch apart, all along exposed seams. Get as close as you can to the stitched line without clipping it.
7. Wash in washing machine with like colors. The dry in dryer on high heat with like colors. If the bag is not shabby enough. Make additional cuts in between each cut and wash and dry again until desired shabbiness is reached. (ummm...is shabbiness even a word?)
8. Use a funnel (or make a paper cone) and fill bag with rice.
9. Sew opening closed.
*Note: The more shaggy you want the seams the larger seam allowance you should leave.
4 comments:
Pretty fun…xoxoxox
So cute! Once I get my sewing machine unpacked I think that I will be making one of these.
I have always wondered how to fray the edges! Thx.
Neato! I will put this project into my "to craft" pile which grows larger every day.
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