X and O Softies to Sew for Valentine’s Day

X and O Softies to Sew for Valentine's Day.

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Valentine’s Day is not a day I normally do a lot of sewing for, but on a whim a few years ago I made my daughter a Valentine’s Day dress because I happened to have some really cute flannel with hearts on it.X and O Softies to Sew for Valentine's Day.

I decided this year to make X and O softies with some of the scraps from that project, but you could of course your any fabric, fleece or felt you have handy, in whatever color you like.

You’ll also need a marker, scissors, sewing machine and thread, hand-sewing tools and stuffing.

Make X and O SoftiesX and O Softies to Sew for Valentine's Day.

Use the marker to draw out your shapes. I like that mine are irregular because I drew them by hand, but you could also print out the letters in a huge font font your computer, cut the out and trace them if you’d rather. If possible, stack your fabric right-sides together so you can cut out two matching shapes at once.

You can make them any size you like. My X is about 10 inches tall and the O is slightly shorter.X and O Softies to Sew for Valentine's Day.

Use the sewing machine (or you could do this all by hand) to sew most of the way around the X and around all of the outside of the O but not the inside. Much trial and error resulted in the discovery that this is the way to sew a stuffed O.

Turn right side out and stuff the X with fiber stuffing (you’ll probably want a chopstick, dowel or the stick that comes with the stuffing to help get all the way down) as full as you like. Mine is pretty firm. Sew the hole by hand (I used pink thread and a whip stitch, but you can use something less visible if you like).X and O Softies to Sew for Valentine's Day.

For the O, you’ll want to stitch a little of the inner O and stuff as you go, which actually makes the stuffing process a lot easier.

Now I really want to make a big tic-tac-toe board…

This post is part of the Sew a Softie for Valentine’s Day event from Coloured Buttons. Check out the tutorials and more in her Facebook group.


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  1. I love your giant O and X and the idea for a giant O’s and X’s game board would be such fun for kids!! I had the same problem the first time I tried to sew a O!!!!!!

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