Today_s_Quilter_-_November_2019

Theseheirloomdecorations

willbringyouandyour family

joy, year after year

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PROJECTl deck the halls

IDEAS FORDECORATING AND HANGING THEPORTRAITS:

TheCastle

Usea pieceofleatherstrapping and stitch in place

throughthepunched holes.

TheTree

Buttonholestitcha brassring and stitch to the top

middleoftheportrait.

TheMouseKing

Usingbakers’twineandmatchingthread,oversewonto

the edge, starting and stopping at the top edge, use the

endstomakea loop. Sew a button or leather flower to

thetopcentre.

TheNutcracker

Backstitchinloopsallaroundtheoutsideedgeofthe

portrait.Blanketstitchtheloopstocreate a lacy look.

TheSugar PlumFairy

Sewontwo(2)buttonsoneachtopcorner.Cutan8in

pieceofbaker’stwineandtiea knotoneachend.Sew

the twine to the wrong side at each end above the knots.