Embroidery of the heart

This beautiful heart of cardboard is punched all around and then sewn with wool. It is suitable for hanging up or on a card for Mother's Day or for birthday. You can see how it works here.

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 1 Single-colour carton
 Hole pliers
 Wool
 Stuff needle (stump)
 Scissors
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Uses a thick carton, e.g. from a beverage carton. This is ideally suited due to its many monochrome surfaces.

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Then you paint a heart and cut it out with scissors.

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Uses a punched tong and light around the heart holes at the same distance.

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Now you find a wool that stands out from the color of the box. Then you put the wool in the needle.

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Cuts off the wool after about 1.5 -2 meters. Start now with embroidery. Start in the upper middle and let the initial thread survive about 20 cm long.

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Stokes from the front into the holes and stabs into each hole twice. Then push the threads a bit apart.

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At the bottom of the middle, you push through the middle hole four times. 2 threads are on the right and 2 threads on the left.

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Close the round in the middle above. Then you knot the end thread with the overhanging initial thread. The loop is created to hang up. Now you are still looking for a nice place to decorate.

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An example!

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You can also make the heart out of a white box (drink box).

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Have fun trying out.