[Nfb-krafters-korner] simple canvas star

[Powers, Terry (NIH/NCI) [E]]

You are going through the center row of squares on one side of the tear drop, to the center then adding enough beads to fill in until you get to the other side of the tear drop.  Then come out of the tear drop and add another and do the same.  The string of beads holds the star together.
Some need to stitch the center if it does not stay secure.

Your points extend out on one side of the beads and the curves create the center of the star.

Terry


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Terry,

Can you explain a bit more about what you mean by "thread beads between your open sections of canvas?"?

Dixie
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You need to be good at cutting plastic canvas to make this.

Cut 5 strips of canvas, 3 squares across and make them what ever length you want.  I would make them at least 15 squares long.

Fold a piece in half and stitch around the edges and stitch it closed, so it looks like a tear drop or pettle of a flower, rounded on one side and pointed on the other.  Do this with the other 4 pieces.
I would use white or a color for a star.
Putting the curves to the center, you are going to form a star, by  using yarn or thread and going through the center row of squares, about half way up the tear drop, and thread beads between your open sections of canvas.  Go all the way around, through all 5 sections and back through the first and make a hanging loop.  Make sure the curves are snug, together in the center, before tightening.

Makes a nice ornament.

Terry P.


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