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Show Gift treasures made quickly By Enca The bait Lake Tribune Sunday , December of eheting and needle pointing gifts and oma m sure that nients most of vou are ready to sit buik and enjov the compliments and thank vou s vou are sure to be 1 receiv ing Once the busy holiday season is over, though you'll bo looking for new piojetls Why not take this time of y ear to make something you can enjoy in vour own home foi years to come9 al ornaments cutting out boxes cubes bells, gnomes and angels, without a single worry M uiicAn about blocking mounting or turnbacks You see, the plastic is fmn but flexible and cuts out like felt without a single raveled thread, so everything you make has a most professional finish Last-Minut- e Gifts Miniature needlepoint tote bags are perfect last minute gifts, tree ornaments or table decorations Cut two rectangles cf plastic canvas (3x4 inches) for the front and bacx, a strip for the base (1x3 inches), and a longer strip (1x12 inches) for the sides and handle all in one Cover each with plam needlepoint, lace the pieces together and you can quickly make a monogrammed tote for each member of the family to hold candles or special tiny treasures to hang on the tree Malang a row of is as quick and easy as making the miniature tote bags But instead of putting jack m the box, why not put m a snowman9 A row of boxes m bright green with a single letter on each could spell out a word Noel, Happy Holidays or Joy for instance Imagine them lined up on the mantel or strung on the tree, with a white woolly snowman m each one, and the letters in red and white candy-can- e stripes Plastic Canvas To begin, you need six pieces of plastic canvas, 2 inches square, for the bottom, sides and lid of the box Using red or green yam, stitch each separately with tent stitch (the basic needlepoint stitch or bargello) Oversew the pieces together at the edges, line them with gieen felt, then count out your lptters on the plastic canvas, getting the candy cane effect by alternating red and white wool in each row Cut the letters out and tack them to the front of the box And now on to the snowmen, made from fluffy, white pompons To make these, cut out two circles of cardboard 2 inches m diameter Cut out a hole from the center of each to resemble a doughnut Put the two circles together and wrap white knitting yam round and round until the central hole is filled Pat Trexler fter months oi weeks busily knitting i m Bv Wilson 'Qns I li 7 Get ready for compliment? What is more exciting than the ceilmg-hig- h pine tree standing in the corner of the room, for waiting and decorations0 The only trouble is that if lights youre like me, you might have meant to start stitching in August to be ready with all those handmade ornaments and here is nearly time to decorate, and nothing done' So bring that wonderful new material, plastic canv as, to the -- 4i i rescue' You can quickly make f 21, Stunning Master of the Hunt tapestry is done in long, but I straight stitches worked over the threads of the canvas mat Create the wall hanging With the simplest of needlepoint skills you can create a stunning wall hanging certain to be a conversation piece wherever it hangs This whimsical Master of the Hunt scene is quickly and easily made with long straight stitches each worked over four threads of canvas To obtain diiections for making the Master of the Hunt tapestry, send your reauest for Leaflet No N 2063 with $1 and a long, stamped, self addressed envelope to Pat Trexler, Dept SLT, famtare compami P O Box 810 20582 North Myrtle Beach, S C Or you may order Kit No KN 2063 by sending check or money order for $24 50 to Pat Trexler at the same address Each kit includes the instrucof a yard of tions canvas. 43 skems of acrylic Persian tvpe needlepoint yam and needle Fabric backing and rod are not included Predominant colors are blues, greens and v lolet w ith touches of fawn beige and gray Design is worked from a chart three-quarte- rs If you have nevei tried the straight stitch needle point used in making the wall hanging featured m today's column vou will be delighted to find that it is very, very simple to learn and easy to do Centuries Old woikod from a design charted on graph pujn-w ith e.u h sv nibol of the r hart lepiesenting a bhxk of foul vertical stitihes lmost an. do i sign charted for tradi tional tent stitih ni'edle point oi for counted ci oss stiti h i an be adapted to this teih nique The more adventurous among vou who like to try new ideas will enjoy adapting this stitih to a number of charted designs Fine-Mes- h Cany as Since each charted a symbol .represents bloi k of four thread stitches you will most often win k on fine mesh canvas shown t'M iv for exam pie is worked on i any as There - no hard and fast m!e alxrui canvas si 7e however You could use UV or 12 mesh canv as and use the tipjx'r right flower motif and create a striking pillow with tins single flower On canv as the flower w ould ami weav ings If vou can thiead a needle bring it up in one hole and take t down m anolhei hole h t i dm ids ihovc vou i. i i 'his lit straight stiti i i (mint There u Ph o on t tOO 111 ms lips it p ( uld givt vou othei than to adv tse vou to rel is and don t pull the stiti hex too tightly lso when securing the ends of beginning and measure approximately 2 mi lies m eat h du ec 1 turn ending strands limvour needle through the backs of flu stiti lies tn si in one direi turn and then m the otliot du ei turn This will pi event the loose vam ends from working loose While this typo of stiteherv is most often assoi l.iteil with Scan dinavian countries, it adapts petfeitlv to Mnerican Indian de signs Tiv copying the Save $12.00 on our Wide Caif Fashion Boots. This type of tapestry work is centuries old but is just leeently coming bai k into popularity The stitih used is variously known as Gotielin satin Norweave long stitch and tapestry stitch how By any name ev er, the technique is the same You simply bring your needle up m one hole, count up over four canvas threads and take needle down in the hole above the fourth thread 11 to make one stitih other stitches are made the same Usually geometric typo designs found in Indian (lottery The design Made Especially for the Fuller Calf auditions 5'i & 1 1 Regularly $80 & to It Wide Extra Wide 12 Medium a Narrow e 242 SO MAIN S L C FASHION PLACE, OGDEN & OREM these are UPER SAVIN ON BRASS-PLATE- LEXINGTON diiop Monday Tuesday D cn I I rni? LAMPS Cut Yam Around With small, sharp scissors cut the yam all around the outer edge, as you cut deeper you can slide the points of the scissors between the two cardboard discs, until all the yam is cut Slip a separate piece of yam between the discs, wrap around and tie tightly Pull away the cardboard and trim yam to make a neat, round ball The closer you cut, the neater the ball The snowmans head should be slightly smaller than his body, so use circles 1 V4 inches in diameter, and sew the pompons together Cut out eyes and a carrot nose in felt and glue to the head You might add touches like a scarf around the neck of braided strands of yam, or all sorts of felt hats shaped like top hats, derbies and gnome hats, to give each snowman a personality You could even make them resemble a member of the family and start a whole new family-tre- e decorating tradition Making a row of and easy present is a quick for holiday giving. v y? jr- L REC. 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