Tattered Grain Sack Hearts

While I've been laying low at home with a nasty cold,
(which my darling hubster passed on to me)

I scraped up enough courage (and strength) to haul out my little sewing machine again.

With knocking knees

and whispered prayers on my lips,

I sat down to create some tattered heart sachets using some grain sack material.

I was motivated by all of the hearts I had been seeing of late in blogland. 

♥

Now...I must tell you that this particular grain sack was not of the best material.

Not like the ones I usually purchase from my favorite Etsy source.

I picked this one up at the antique market last summer for cheap,
which is why I had no qualms about cutting it up.

It was clean and very linen-like, however -

perfect for this project.

I remembered that I also had some leftover drop cloth scraps in the basement 

along with a flour sack towel,

so I used those, too.

I found a heart online, traced in on a manila file folder,

and cut it out.

After tracing it onto the grain sack and cutting it out,

I sewed a button or tag here;

a piece of lace or embroidery thread there;

and added vintage seam binding or grain sack twine to hang them from.

No, the machine was not consistent with nice, untangled sewing lines,

and I found myself almost flinging the thing across the room at one point

because of the clumped snags it was making.
Agh!

But I controlled myself,

re-threaded the bobbin and the needle,
(more than once)

(revisited my self-inflicted sewing assignment)

and attempted it again.

The results were worth my almost patient, prayer-filled effort.

I created a mixed media heart with grain sack material

and some vintage toile,

and I outlined one with red embroidery thread.

I made one using that flour sack towel,

but found that fabric was a little more tricky to maneuver 

with my temperamental machine.

I left the edges rough and tattered.

It made them look well-loved.

 And yes....

the sewing machine survived to see another day...

for now.

Hope that you were blessed with a Valentine's Day 

full of love!

~  ♥  ~

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