January 16, 2019

Eat Chocolates...Make 'Wooly Good' Valentine's Hearts...

'Wooly Good' Valentine's Boxes by Rose Clay at ThreeSheepStudio.com

Valentine's Chocolates from a 
stitching retreat...
(Thanks Kathy Z.)




'Wooly Good' Valentine's Boxes by Rose Clay at ThreeSheepStudio.com

Eating chocolate...
lots and lots of chocolates.
Why ??
For the boxes !!
(FYI - I am not a chocolate snob,
while I have my 'favorite' chocolates...
I have no trouble at all devouring
every bite of chocolate from most brands,
in order to have the boxes to work with !)




'Wooly Good' Valentine's Boxes by Rose Clay at ThreeSheepStudio.com

Using the lids to trace onto paper...




'Wooly Good' Valentine's Boxes by Rose Clay at ThreeSheepStudio.com

Cutting out wool fabric hearts...
I cut two - one for the lid and
one for the bottom of the box.




'Wooly Good' Valentine's Boxes by Rose Clay at ThreeSheepStudio.com

Don't forget to cut a third heart, 
just a little 'smaller',
to fit in the inside of box.
(I saved the plastic candy liner,
just in case I want to use it.)




'Wooly Good' Valentine's Boxes by Rose Clay at ThreeSheepStudio.com

Gathering beautiful variegated 
Valdani Perle Cotton thread,
for the stitching on these hearts...

TIP:  Store your Valdani Perle Cotton balls
in egg cartons and organize them by color.




'Wooly Good' Valentine's Boxes by Rose Clay at ThreeSheepStudio.com

You can add embroidery of your choice...




'Wooly Good' Valentine's Boxes by Rose Clay at ThreeSheepStudio.com

I did a Cast On Rose with a single leaf.
The Fly stitch was used for leaf.
Colonial Knots surround the small pink heart...




'Wooly Good' Valentine's Boxes by Rose Clay at ThreeSheepStudio.com

Place a small amount of 'Fabri-Tac' adhesive
around the edges of heart and a dab in the center.
Position the wool heart onto the lid 
and press into place.  Allow to dry.

This box has red foil sides, which I love,
so I decided not to cover them with wool.




'Wooly Good' Valentine's Boxes by Rose Clay at ThreeSheepStudio.com

For the back of the box, 
I cut a tiny 'wonky' heart and placed initials in it.
I attached the wool heart to the bottom of the box,
in the same way as I did the top.




'Wooly Good' Valentine's Boxes by Rose Clay at ThreeSheepStudio.com

Loving these sweet 'wooly good' heart boxes !
Several more to go... 
I'm thinking, in different colors and stitches.

So very cold here in Pennsylvania...
We might have a storm brewing for the weekend.

Dinner to chase away the cold...
I have a kettle of Chicken and Dumplings 
on the stove.  Fresh salad with fixings.
Homemade Lemon Custard Cake
for dessert.

Time to stitch !
Rose