Shabby Tree Heart Help

To use tea dyed fabric for a really aged look, start with dyeing your cotton fabric, use tea bags and salt, or cheap instant coffee and salt for a slightly deeper colour. For the crinkled ribbon, use polyester seam binding dyed in tea, left squished up to dry. If you want to use a similar aged type fabric, try pillow ticking or rough cotton canvas. I used regular satin ribbon with these.

	Hoop your dyed cotton with tear away stabilizer. Sew outline and design.
	Tape matching fabric to the back of the hoop.
	Sew the outline again.
	Pop from the hoop, trim with pinking sheers.Fill with lavender or quilt batting.Sew up the opening.I sewed with machine stiches,but hand is fine.
	Add ribbon ,either sewing the bow,     or glue with fabric adhesive. I also added hotfix crystals.