Be My Valentine Fabric Vase Holder Free Pattern & Tutorial

The “Be My Valentine” Fabric Vase Holder, featuring Sweet Victorian Valentine images, is one of my favorite free patterns I’ve created. The printable vintage valentine images are included with the assembly diagram which you can download by clicking on this link: Fabric Vase Holder.

Last Valentine’s Day, I designed the Heart Beats Pillow Pattern inspired by my lovely daughter. This year’s inspiration came from my love of Victorian era fashion and my darling granddaughter.

The finished size of this fabric container is 15″ circumference by 9″ tall. I bought a very simple, inexpensive vase to fit in mine. Of course, fabric containers are so cute, you can use them to hold whatever you’d like. Use this basic design to create a larger or smaller fabric container. You could add ribbon, beads or embroidery to achieve different styles of fabric containers.

Materials Needed:

5 Fabrics as indicated on assembly chart
Sewing machine & matching thread
Hand sewing needle
Iron-on transfer paper
Ink-jet printer to print images for transfer
Fusible Fleece
Scissors
Iron & press cloth
Washaway fabric marker

Let’s Get Started!

First thing you need to do is download the pattern PDF file (if you have not done so already). Cut fabric pieces for front panel, bottom, fleece & lining as indicated.

Iron-on transfer images fused to fabric

Follow manufacturer’s instructions for iron-on transfers. Of course, you don’t have to use my Vintage Valentine Images. Feel free to create your own or use none at all. You could simply substitute another fabric of your choice in those sections. I say, “Do what you like! There is no wrong design, only variations!”

Section 3 pieces assembled

Piece together Section 3 as shown in diagram using a Scant 1/4″ seam allowance. Press seam allowances to one side, but use a press cloth and be very careful of the iron-on transfer images! Don’t put a hot iron directly on them! (Can you say, “Gooey Mess”?)

All 4 sections assembled and pressed

Sew Section 1 to Section 2, right sides together following your assembly diagram. Sew Section 3 to Section 2, then Section 4 to Section 3. Press seam allowances to one side, again, be very careful not to touch a hot iron on your iron-on images. This panel should measure 15.5″ wide x 9.5″ tall.

NOTE: If your 1/4″ seam allowances are too “fat”, your finished panel will end up too small! That’s why it is important to use a SCANT 1/4″ seam allowance (this is about a pencil line narrower than 1/4″).

Fuse the fleece to the wrong side of your assembled panel. I cut my fleece panel just a tiny bit smaller than my fabric panel, so nothing is hanging out around the edges when I fuse the fleece to it.