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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

Hearts are very popular in quilting with hundreds of quilt blocks that include hearts, from pieced and patchworked to appliqué. This heart quilt block is a simple pattern using only...

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

Heart quilt block finished

How to Make a Patchwork Heart Quilt Block

Hearts are very popular in quilting with hundreds of quilt blocks that include hearts, from pieced and patchworked to appliqué. This heart quilt block is a simple pattern using only…
Big stack of cards ready to send!

Spotlight: Erika Anderson, Founder Army of Lovers

With Erika Anderson's 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!
Quilted heart ornament for Valentine's day

Quilted Heart Ornament

I cut a heart out of an old quilt, sewed some buttons on it and then did a blanket stitch around the edge of the heart. It is a fun…
heart pillow made from distressed quilt

I Heart You! Make a Heart Pillow

Make a heart pillow and put it anywhere! I use it at Valentine's Day and all through the year just to remind family and friends that I love them.
Halloween Mantel

Decorate a Mantel for All Seasons

Keep your living room fresh and decorated for every season with some basic ideas on decorating your mantle.

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