Felt Heart Mobile

String these felt hearts together for whimsical decorations that you can hang outside or anywhere around your home.

three felt hearts hanging on string

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three felt hearts hanging on string

String these felt hearts together for whimsical decorations that you can hang outside or anywhere around your home.

You can even create a long chain to drape around door and window frames during the holidays.

Felt Heart Mobile

Materials

  • Red felt
  • Embroidery thread
  • Fiberfill

Tools

Directions

  1. Trace figure 2 heart pattern from PDF onto parchment paper with a pencil.
  2. Transfer pattern and cut as many heart shapes as desired out of red felt.
  3. Align one heart shape on top of another. Use a blanket stitch around the 
outside edges to sew them together, leaving a 1-inch opening along one side. 
  4. Stuff with fiberfill.
  5. Use a blanket stitch along the side to sew heart closed.
  6. Thread needle with embroidery thread. Poke needle through one stuffed heart from top to bottom. Leave a length of thread and poke needle through the next stuffed heart.
  7. Repeat until you have reached desired length. Secure with a knot at the 
bottom of the last heart.
  8.  


Crafts and photos excerpted from Craft-a-Day: 365 Simple Handmade Projects by Sarah Goldschadt. Click here for more heart-felt valentine crafts.

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