If you love the look of delicate stitches, these hand embroidery magnets are perfect for you.
The floral pattern is so pretty!
These make great gifts too.
Skills Required: Beginner.It helps to have some experience with embroidery but its not completely required.
This is a good project for someone who has learned basic stitches.
There are only so manyembroidery hoop decorationsthat a person needs in their house!
If you dont know how to hand stitch, give it a try!
I promise, its not as hard as it looks.
Wouldnt these make such a prettyhomemade Mothers Day gift idea?
I like to use carbon paper that you should be able to get at the fabric store.
You just put the paper between the pattern and the fabric and trace it.
The pressure transfers color to the fabric and then washes away later.
Hand embroider your design.
Embroidery floss comes in a large strand of six smaller strands.
Since these designs are so small, I used just one of those six small strands to complete them.
Be sure to keep your work neat on the back so the threads dont show on the front.
If you need help, there are tons of YouTube videos to show you all of the different stitches.
I had a couple packs of these buttons around the house.
Some had plain backs, and some had shank backs (like the photo below).
If you have a choice, go with the plain backs, so you might skip this part.
confirm to get a kit to put them together too!
If your buttons have a shank back, use some pliers to bend and pull out the shank.
You want to create a flat surface to glue the magnets on later.
Fold the excess fabric into the center of the button and put the back of the button on top.
Press everything down with the presser again, and the back should pop into place.
Get some really strong glue and some semi-strong magnets.
From what Ive heard, this glue E-6000 is really strong.
The magnets I bought were from Hobby Lobby and had a strength level of 7 out of 10.
Not sure what that means, but my magnets are doing great so far!
Glue one magnet to the back of each button, and wait for them to dry completely.
Ask me how I know.
Now put these embroidery magnets to use in yourkitchenor filing cabinet and enjoy!
For morecottagecore craft ideaslike this, visit my blog,Cutesy Crafts.
