Shabby Tree Heart Help

I like to use ticking or aged looking cotton. To make your cotton look aged,start with dyeing your  fabric, use tea bags and salt, or cheap instant coffee and salt for a slightly deeper colour. In a large deep pan 2/3 full of water, bring tea bags(around 3) to the boil, and submerge your fabric, when it has reached the depth of colour that you want, wring it out and hang to dry.

For the crinkled ribbon, use polyester seam binding dyed in tea, left squished up to dry. I used regular satin ribbon withthe ticking.