Decorative Magnet Embellished with Intricate Stitch Work for Your Home Refrigerator
Get Creative with Your Hand Embroidery 🚀
Love the elegance of intricate stitches but stumped on what to make with your hand embroidery skills? Check out these innovative DIY embroidery magnet projects to give your work new life! The flower pattern is a delight to behold 🌸🌺. These magnets are a wonderful gift idea too!
Skill Level: Beginner to Intermediate. While some experience with embroidery is beneficial, it's not a complete requirement. This project is ideal for those who have mastered basic stitches.
If you're struggling to think of practical ways to use your hand embroidery creations, try this idea! Create some beautiful embroidery magnets using tiny, embroidered flowers. If you're new to hand stitching, give it a whirl!
Hand embroidery may seem intimidating, but it's actually not as difficult as it looks. Don't shy away! If you're not up for the challenge, you can always use charming fabric or find vintage hand embroidery pieces instead 🌟🏷️. Wouldn't these make a lovely, homemade Mother's Day gift?
🔧 Step-by-Step DIY Embroidery Magnets 🔧
To bring your DIY magnets to life, you'll need:
- Floral Embroidery Patterns
- 1-1/8″ cover button kit and cover buttons
- Pliers
- Strong glue
- Embroidery hoop
- Woven fabric (such as cotton or linen)
- Embroidery floss & needle
- Carbon paper
- Scissors
- Pen
Begin by transferring an embroidery pattern onto some fabric using carbon paper. place the paper between the pattern and the fabric, and trace it. The pressure transfers color to the fabric for easy removal later 📝.
Next, embroider your design using embroidery floss. Since these designs are small, use just one of the six smaller strands provided within the floss. Keep the work neat on the back to avoid threads showing on the front 🧵.
Use the template in the cover button kit to trace a circle around your design, and cut it out.
Locate a cover button kit with plain backs to simplify the following steps. If your buttons have shank backs (like those shown below), use pliers to bend, pull out the shank, and press down on any uneven surface to create a flat surface for gluing the magnets later.
Follow the cover button kit instructions to make the button. Secure the fabric with the presser, covering the excess fabric before attaching the back of the button on top. Press the back into place 🔩.
Apply some strong glue to the back of each button and attach magnets that are both decorative and strong enough to hold the button and paper, without being too magnetic to pull itself off of the glue. Experiment with glue like E-6000 and magnets with a strength level of 7/10 (like those from Hobby Lobby) 🌐.
Finally, allow the glue to dry completely, ensuring the magnets don't stick together while drying. Once dry, these embroidery magnets are ready to beautify your kitchen or filing cabinet! 🏡
For more cottagecore craft inspiration like this, visit my blog, Cutesy Crafts 🎨. Let me know what you think of this easy craft project in the comments! For additional gift ideas, check out:
- How to Make Baby Burp Cloths
- Sharpie Dot Flower Pot
- Fruit Stamping on Tea Towels
- Home Sweet Home Camper Applique
- Birch Pillar Candle
💡 Innovative Ideas for Using Hand Embroidery 💡
Give your hand embroidered pieces a new purpose by exploring these creative, practical uses:
- Homemade Gift Ideas
- Personalized Pouches: Create unique embroidered pouches to store makeup, jewelry, or other small accessories 💄.
- Monogrammed Towels or Aprons: Add a personal touch to kitchen towels or aprons with a monogram or embroidered design 🧼.
- DIY Decorative Items
- Embroidery Magnets: Use pieces of embroidered fabric to create decorative magnets for your fridge or filing cabinet 📝
Transform your hand embroidered skills by creating a home-and-garden inspired magnet project! With tiny, embroidered flowers, these embroidery magnets can beautify your kitchen or filing cabinet
