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Cross-Stitch Santa
This ornament can double as a package tie to spruce up gift wrap.
What You Need:
Send Santa on his merry way.
7x8-inch piece of 14-count white Aida cloth
Cotton embroidery floss in colors listed in the color key
Kreinik blending filament in colors listed in the color key
Size 24 tapestry needle
7x8-inch piece of medium-weight fusible interfacing
Kreinik gold Japan thread
Small sharp scissors
Instructions:
Download the pattern and color key. (Downloading requires Adobe Acrobat software.)
Cross-Stitch Santa pattern and color key
Prepare fabric. Zigzag-stitch or overcast the raw edges of the Aida cloth to prevent fraying. Find the center of the chart and the center of the fabric; begin stitching there.
Work cross-stitching. Use 3 plies of floss or 4 strands of blending filament to work all cross-stitches. Work the backstitches using 1 ply of black floss. Place the finished stitchery facedown on a soft towel, and press from the back.
Create ornament. Fuse the medium-weight interfacing to the wrong side of the stitchery. Using small sharp scissors, trim the stitchery one square beyond the stitched area of the design.
Add a hanger. Thread the needle with one strand of Japan thread. Thread the Japan thread through the top center back of the ornament; knot the ends.
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