[NFB-Krafters-Korner] Want to know Wednesday

[Sarah Butler]

I'm just curious... What is a family nest hat? I've never heard of this before! 

Happy crafting.
Best,
Sarah
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> On Mar 2, 2023, at 6:12 PM, Debbie via NFB-Krafters-Korner <nfb-krafters-korner at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> 
> The straw hat you made makes me think of the hat decoration I did many years
> ago after a cousin made a family nest hat for my mother in law. It was a
> wall hanging made using a straw hat. It was a family nest hat. I used the
> hat and put fake straw in it and got some little plastic shaped egg pieces
> and had the name of the mother, father and children written on each egg.
> Then glued it to the fake straw. On the brim of the hat I used the real
> small wooden letters and spelled out the name of the family like Jones and
> on the next line family and the third line nest and then I put a string
> through it and hung it on the wall. I put some ribbon around the edges of
> the hat.  I also used a wire form candy cane to make a lighted wreath to
> hang on my apartment door. It had garland, ribbons and bows, tiny Christmas
> ornaments and battery operated lights on it.  I have made other things but
> those were my favorite things. 
> 
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> Subject: [NFB-Krafters-Korner] Want to know Wednesday
> 
> In the past I have made afghans, place mats, dishcloths, Christmas
> ornaments, pillows, plant hangers, items for on the walls and probably more
> I can't think of.  One item I made for my wall was I took a straw hat and
> glued lace around the outer edge. Then took matching ribbon and tied a bow
> around the hat and glued on some matching flowers and then hung it on the
> wall.
> 
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> Did you know paper tole is the art of constructing a 3-dimensional image
> from a 2- dimensional picture
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