[Nfb-krafters-korner] Christmas crafts - Clove covered orange

[Susan Roe]

Okay, the fruit will not rot, I promise you.  We used apples more than 
oranges.  We covered the entire piece of fruit, but we did not cover it in 
cloth.  We took either wide ribbon or the ribbon used to wrap packages with 
and wrap it all the way around and then turn and wrap around the fruit just 
like you would be putting ribbons on a package.  You can then just pin the 
ribbon in place.  The whole dried cloves actually pickle the fruit and it 
will dry out as well.  It will keep it's shape and will last quite a long 
time.  I still have a few that I made almost 5 years ago.

Susan Roe
dogwoodfarm at verizon.net
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Annette Carr" <amcarr1 at verizon.net>
To: <nfb-krafters-korner at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Friday, December 05, 2008 5:26 PM
Subject: [Nfb-krafters-korner] Christmas crafts - Clove covered orange


>I remember as a kid covering an orange with cloves to make a scented thing
> to hang in the closet.  When I brought it home from residential school my
> mother would not let me put it in anyone's closet as she said it would 
> rot.
> The teacher said that it would not, but I do not have proof one way or the
> other.  If anyone has experience with this, I'd love to hear about it.
>
> Push the pointed ends of whole cloves into the skin of an orange.
>
> Continue doing this until the entire orange is covered.
>
> Lay the orange in the center of a piece of cloth.
>
> Brings the corners of the cloth up so that they all meet together and the
> orange is entirely covered.
>
> Tie a ribbon or yarn around the gathered ends of the cloth to keep it
> gathered tightly around the clove covered orange.  Either leave a long
> enough tail on the ribbon or yarn or add another piece so that the 
> completed
> item can be hung on the rod of a closet  Tie a loop in the end of this 
> long
> ribbon or yarn so that the orange can pass through it to make a sort of 
> slip
> knot for hanging.
>
>
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