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DIY Valentine Ideas

Category: <span>DIY Valentine Ideas</span>

Make someone feel special with DIY Valentine’s Day gifts. Explore homemade craft ideas from cards to wreaths to handmade gift ideas. Make Valentine goodie bags for those special cards and gifts that come straight from the heart. Check out our ideas to spread some handmade Valentine’s Day joy.

DIY Valentine Gifts

Heart quilt block finished

How to Make a Patchwork Heart Quilt Block – Free Tutorial

Hearts are very popular in quilting with hundreds of heart quilt patterns from paper patterns, to traditional piecing and patchwork to appliqué. This heart quilt block is a simple pattern...

Finished Fabric Postcard w: fabric

DIY Valentine Fabric Postcards

Show your love by making your own Valentine Fabric Postcards! Fabric postcards are little pieces of art that the recipients can display and enjoy, and they are so fun to...

Pixel in her tutu

DIY Valentine Gifts for Dogs

Is Valentine’s Day just for humans? I think not! Some of my favorite “people” are dogs – good friends and members of the family. Can’t leave them out, so here...

More DIY Valentine Ideas

Scrappy heart mug rug finished 3

Scrappy Heart Mug Rug Sewing Project: Easy Tutorial

Make this adorable heart mug rug to share your love - on Valentine's Day and every day! Use up some of your smaller scraps to piece the heart and batting…
Side view of the trapunto sample

Machine Trapunto Quilting Tutorial: Adding Texture

Trapunto is a technique that has been used for centuries. It is the art of adding padding to create a raised surface on fibers. You'll see this technique used in…
scrappy heart quilt block layout option 1

Scrappy Heart Quilt Block Pattern: Free Tutorial

Time to pull out that scrap basket and have fun making this quick and easy scrappy heart quilt block pattern just in time for Valentine's Day - or anytime you…
Heart quilt block finished

How to Make a Patchwork Heart Quilt Block – Free Tutorial

Hearts are very popular in quilting with hundreds of heart quilt patterns from paper patterns, to traditional piecing and patchwork to appliqué. This heart quilt block is a simple pattern…
Big stack of cards ready to send!

Spotlight: Erika Anderson, Founder Army of Lovers

With Erika Anderson Army of Lovers, love makes the world go 'round, one handmade, hand-delivered valentine at a time. Erika has recruited a growing army (anyone can enlist!) of people…
Finished Fabric Postcard w: fabric

DIY Valentine Fabric Postcards

Show your love by making your own Valentine Fabric Postcards! Fabric postcards are little pieces of art that the recipients can display and enjoy, and they are so fun to…
Lucy sporting her reversible snap on dog scarf

DIY Reversible Snap On Dog Scarf

Lucy is ready and fabulous for Valentine's Day in her reversible snap on dog scarf! She sports her bandanas for most holidays (and other days), but they get dirty and…
Pixel in her tutu

DIY Valentine Gifts for Dogs

Include your pets on Valentine's Day with DIY toys, scarves and tutus. Super easy projects using felt, fleece, repurposed tee shirts and more!
Love Matching Outfits - a girl and her doll have matching outfits!

How to Stencil a Shirt

What American Girl doesn't like making new matching outfits? We all do! All you need is T-shirts, a stencil and ink pads, and some cardboard. Make skirts, too!

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