<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/93407550-5710-4277-917b-f583207b1c6d/A72089D9-2AE3-46FE-BF6C-3FB572943860/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.purlbee.com/valentine-heart-pins/" href="http://www.purlbee.com/valentine-heart-pins/" style="font-size: 11px;">www.purlbee.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.purlbee.com/valentine-heart-pins/"><div align="center"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.purlbee.com/img/CFE69C53-4C33-43FE-A1C6-D4EEDFA8165B" alt="" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.purlbee.com/valentine-heart-pins/"><div align="center"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.purlbee.com/img/BB3A7A6A-31C3-4062-B7C8-89263656059D" alt="" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.purlbee.com/valentine-heart-pins/">Cut two 2 1/2-inch squares from one of the felt pieces.</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.purlbee.com/valentine-heart-pins/"><div align="center"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.purlbee.com/img/A23EEBBC-8E3C-44E6-94E3-35FC6908BB11" alt="" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.purlbee.com/valentine-heart-pins/"><P>Stack the two squares neatly on top of one another and trace the heart template on the top square using a pencil.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.purlbee.com/valentine-heart-pins/"><div align="center"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.purlbee.com/img/9C5F063E-8A71-4F82-88ED-B8BAA16375ED" alt="" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.purlbee.com/valentine-heart-pins/">Using pinking shears, cut through both pieces of felt around the marked heart. You will have two heart shapes.</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.purlbee.com/valentine-heart-pins/"><div align="center"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.purlbee.com/img/CBC2E52F-04A5-455C-932B-A054F1C136D4" alt="" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.purlbee.com/valentine-heart-pins/">Cut an 18-inch length of embroidery thread in a color that contrasts pleasantly with the felt. Sew the two shapes together all around the edge, 1/8th of an inch from the edge using a small neat running stitch. In order to hide the knot start your first stitch in-between the two pieces of felt. Stop before you get all the way around so that you leave a small gap as pictured above.</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.purlbee.com/valentine-heart-pins/"><div align="center"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.purlbee.com/img/20EB5742-C28C-4D00-B22C-060BE9DD6075" alt="" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.purlbee.com/valentine-heart-pins/">Using a pencil or a knitting needle stuff the heart tightly, using one small bit of stuffing at a time.</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.purlbee.com/valentine-heart-pins/"><div align="center"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.purlbee.com/img/B9237DBD-6029-48B0-9F21-9E0C49251C87" alt="" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.purlbee.com/valentine-heart-pins/"><P>Once the heart is stuffed tight sew around to close the gap.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.purlbee.com/valentine-heart-pins/"><div align="center"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.purlbee.com/img/A27BC360-85F3-4D17-8C0F-1AC7F35EAEE0" alt="" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.purlbee.com/valentine-heart-pins/"><div align="center"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.purlbee.com/img/0E3D80CF-00C5-4463-8DB0-74820F907D84" alt="" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.purlbee.com/valentine-heart-pins/"><div align="center"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.purlbee.com/img/340B4A05-03AC-47D8-8FF4-B2F54B316961" alt="" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.purlbee.com/valentine-heart-pins/"><div align="center"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.purlbee.com/img/94BC445A-3A42-467D-8678-0A833E7379ED" alt="" /></div></blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/A72089D9-2AE3-46FE-BF6C-3FB572943860/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>

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