A little Romance...

It's that time of year again.....the one where you are unindated with romantic gifts of flowers, chocolates and all sorts of special treats. Still waiting......yes so am I. In the meantime here's a little Valentine craftyness that I made a little while ago. Now I am not a very good seamstress but I do enjoy a little embrodery, I'm ok with stitches that are supposed to be seen but not with the ones that aren't.

I started with a heart template made from a folded piece of paper and drew around it onto a spare piece of denim cut from my son's jeans to make shorts. I should of stitched the 'Love' embroidery using back stitch at this point but chose to make it difficult for myself by back stitching around the edge of the heart first. then when I realised that it was going to be difficult to stitch the wording I decided to do this next. Then I attached the buttons and ribbon before stuffing and closing up the opening. It would of been nice to fill with lavender but didn't have any and knew if I waited the project would not be finished anytime soon. To get a shabby look I frayed the edges.

Since I started typing this hubby looked over to read what i had written and moaned "But your allergic to pollen and milk chocolate"......yes, but where's the dark chocolate and special treats I wonder?.......