Show Gifts Festive With Thread I By imaginatively using spools of mercerized cotton thread you can add a special touch to your Christmas gifts Holiday trees jolly Santas flowers and even gooks can be created with thread pompoms and fringe combined combined combined com com- with scraps of felt and ribbon Once your imagination gets started you may find yourself yourself yourself your your- self decorating packages long after Santa has gone Attach the designs to packages packages packages pack pack- ages with faced double-faced tape and they can be saved for another holiday season Thread pompoms are used for the flower topiary tree and go gook gook ok designs To make pompoms take a spool of thread and slash across it with a single-edged single razor Remove the thread from the spool in one bundle and tie it in the center with matching matching matching match match- ing thread Then fluff A single pompom will make a thread flower Loop a pipe cleaner under the center center center cen cen- ter tie of the pompom and wind florist tape around the pipe cleaner Start at the top and ea catch in the thread tie Continue twisting tape around the pipe cleaner and catch in velvet leaves on either side For a topiary tree you'll need three small spools of red cotton mercerized thread Two pompoms can be made from each spool by tying the thread bundle on each side of the center and cutting between between between be be- tween the ties Sew the six small pompoms pompoms pompoms pom pom- to a inch four-inch red felt circle interspersing with holly berries Use green velvet velvet velvet vel vel- vet ribbon for a stem and cut a flower pot shape from red felt The gook a looking character h ich will 11 de A l 1 cht ld h ich will de 1 cht ld w WHICH win U U fight lH ren r ri I. I is created from a large I spool of white cotton thread f i i. i t r. r L eI r I 1 PACKAGE APPEAL Festive APPEAL Festive not threadbare is way the your Christmas gift packages can look this year The secret secrets secret's secrets secret's se se- crets cret's in the trim unusual trim unusual decorations created with cotton cotton cotton cot cot- ton mercerized thread and a few scraps of felt and ribbon These perky gift trims ranging from a jolly Santa to a mischievous-looking mischievous gook were created by Talons Talon's Department Department Department De De- of Design Make one large pompom and press on either side of the center to flatten Cut eyes and boots from black felt Sew white buttons to I eyes and tack onto gook Snip a single ball from a apiece apiece apiece piece of red ball fringe and sew on for a nose Attach boots To make fringe for the Santa Claus and Christmas tree designs slash thread across the spool with a razor and let it drop flat onto tissue paper Spread out evenly to about six inches Then use your sewing machine to stitch across one long end through both thread and tissue Stitch again to reinforce You'll have a row of fringe six inches wide and two and one- one half inches deep For narrower fringe make four rows of stitching about sixteenths one-sixteenths of an inch apart through the center of thread Then cut apart Use one spool of white thread to make a fringe beard for the tall Santa gift wrap Three small spools of green thread will make narrow narrow narrow nar nar- row rows of fringe to trim the Christmas tree Its It's tacked to a green felt tree shape and decorated with miniature red Christmas balls |