HEART CRAFTS 2: The Chained Heart
The title of our project today is a most curious one and may be interpreted in many different ways. I just wanted to share a component of committal love. Whether you like the sounds of it or not, the truth is- committing to someone is like being in chains. There is some amount of confinement. However, it is what i would call ‘voluntary confinement’. You are chained to someone but you are free to go; but guess what- you choose to stay.
As I said in a poem that I wrote years ago:
‘Love holds you captive,
yet it sets you free.
It gets you rooted, grounded-
yet it builds you wings.’
(excerpts from Love is a Prison, poem by Paulina Constancia)
The Chained Heart
‘chainstitched’
Materials:
- square fabric coaster
- pencil
- thread (red and off-white)
- needle
- scissors
- printed quilt fabric (for back)
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| Basic material: square fabric coaster Make your own or buy pre-made, I got mine from DAISO, $2/pack of 4 |
Instructions:
Step 1: Draw heart design.
Step 2: Follow the design with chain stitch.
(In case you don’t have embroidery thread handy just use regular thread, just double threaded)
The Finished Front
The Finished Back
Step 3- Attach coordinating quilt fabric to the back using diagonal stitch. Thread colour is all up to you (depends on the look your going for). I used an off-white thread to match the top colour of the coaster.
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Heart Crafts 2:
The Chained Heart
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Love Quote of the Day:
“Love begins at home, and it is not how much we do… but how much love we put in that action.”
DAILY DOSE OF ART 
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