Craftseller - November 2014

TAGS CHARTS

MAKE A

PROFIT!

MAKE FOR 30P

FOR £1.50

STITCH IT

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1

Stamp a festivegreetingacross the top

half of the tag using alphabet stamps

and black ink. Leave to one side to dry. If you

don’t have any alphabet stamps, then you

could print onto the tags or use a stencil.

2

Print out the charts below onto plain

white paper. Cut the paper to 3.5cm

( 1 ½in) wide and magic tape it onto the

bottom half of the tag, making sure that the

design is positioned in the centre.

3

Lay the tag flat onto a cutting mat and,

using a perforating tool, pierce through

the paper and the tag following the motif

pattern on the chart. Apply enough pressure

so that the tool pierces through the tag but

doesn’t make too large a hole in it.

4

Onceyou’veperforated the whole

design, remove the paper and go back

over each of the holes with an embroidery

needle to prepare themfor stitching. Then

thread the needle with cotton in the

appropriate colour andstitchthedesign.

Cut a length of Baker’s twine

measuring 30cm (12in), fold it in half,

then loop through the hole in the top of the

tag,asshown, tofinish.

‘T

is the season to give your profits
abigboost, and there’s nothing
like addingthose special little
extras to give your sales a push. Our simple
gift tags are really quick and easy to make

• simply use the charts we’ve provided to
  pierce shaped holes, then stitch the motifs
  directly onto the front of your tags.
  Our tags will perfectly complement
  everything else that you’re selling in the run
  up to Christmas. And,asmostshoppers will
  be buying presents for others at this time
  of year, they should be easy to upsell to
  customers who are looking for the perfect
  wrap. We recommend sellingyour tags in
  packs of 5 or 10 to maximise profits.

How to make the cross stitch tags

5

Tagtastic!

Show Christmas shoppers that you think of everything with these stylish gift

tags that areguaranteed toget your cash register pinging!By Claire Watkins

INFORMATION

Materials

* 3.5 x 7cm( 1 ½x2¾in) brown

gift tags

*Baker’stwine

*Threads as listed in key

*Perforating tool

* Cutting mat

*Whitepaper

* Magic tape

*Needle

* Mini alphabet stamp set

*Blackink

Size:3.5x 7 cm

Rating:Easy

TAGS KEY

Maximum stitch count 9 highx11wide

These designs were stitched using Anchor

stranded cotton

Cross stitch in two strands

x 11

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–– 11

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Backstitch in one strand