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

Valentine's Chocolates from a 

stitching retreat...

(Thanks Kathy Z.)

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 !)

Using the lids to trace onto paper...

Cutting out wool fabric hearts...

I cut two - one for the lid and

one for the bottom of the box.

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.)

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.

You can add embroidery of your choice...

I did a Cast On Rose with a single leaf.

The Fly stitch was used for leaf.

Colonial Knots surround the small pink heart...

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.

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.

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