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Cute Idea for Plastic Canvas

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I saw this Friday on Must Have Cute. If your know video games, these are Fire Flowers made on plastic canvas using floss. They are then cut out and glued to a simple hair clip. They are available, I think, on Etsy.

But isn’t this a fantastic (and easy) finishing idea. If you use 14-count plastic canvas, they’ll look delicate and you won’t have to buy any special thread.

Next week, I’ll have a post on a book that’s a great source for small motifs that would be perfect here.

This could be a delightful Easter present!

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A Different Use for Needlepoint Canvas

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Back when I still thought I had time to pursue other crafts, I often thought how wonderful it would be to make scrapbooks. Now if you know me and have seen my house, you will know how silly this is, for many reasons.

First off, my DH and I are not much in the way of photographers. Our daughters both are great at this, but taking pictures has always been an after thought for is.

Second, we are a family of “thing people.” We all have lots of stuff, but for all of us it’s mostly disorganized. In spite of clearing out the old house to move AND clearing out more stuff after we moved, random stuff within sight include a coronation mug for Edward VIII (the guy who was never crowned because he abdicated), random cigar boxes, and boxes of postcards and images waiting to go someplace.

But maybe if I had known about this easy idea to integrate needlepoint with scrapbook, I might have tried. It’s from HGTV and they have detailed instructions. You just use the canvas as a kind of stencil.

How cool is that!

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Plastic Canvas iPod Case – Make it Today, Use it Tomorrow

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From Family Fun magazine’s website comes this cute holder for an iPod or other MP3 player.

It’s made using mostly exposed plastic canvas and a bit of stitching.

You could easily make it in an afternoon.

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Two Plastic Canvas Ornaments

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Originally posted 2008-12-24 16:05:49. Republished by Blog Post Promoter

MERRY CHRISTMAS!

Amish Diamond in Square needlepoint christmas ornament using plastic canvas

Here’s your Christmas presents from me. These are free charts for two simple Christmas ornaments you can make using threads from your stash and 14 mesh plastic canvas.

Both are based on classic American quilts. You can make them in any colors you choose and they will only take a little while.

Because they use plastic canvas they are easy to finish and those instructions will be at the end of tomorrow’s post.

The first one, pictured above, is based on the Diamond in the Square quilt, so often seen in Amish quilts. It’s stitched entirely in Pebbly Perle. The chart os below.

Amish Diamond in Square quilt plastic canvas needlepoint ornament free pattern

Use any color scheme you like. I used a quiet analogous scheme of pink, violet, and navy blue. More saturated colors could make a really bold design.

needlepoint christmas ornament using plastic canvas

This one uses a five patch quilt block as a basis for an ornament which looks like Cloisonne enamel. The design is outlined using gold metallic then the blocks are filled in, again with Pebbly Perle. The chart for the design is below

plastic canvas needlepoint christmas ornament chart of a quilt block

This uses the same color scheme of pink, violet, and blue, but look how different it is! By choosing a much lighter blue, and more saturated colors, the scheme is bright and cheery. Adding the gold also brightens it.

Merry Christmas!

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Plastic Canvas Baby Blocks – Free Pattern

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Plastic Canvas Blocks from Roots & Wings Co.


One of the best things about needlepoint os that you can customize your stitching to suit your tastes or the tastes of the recipient. Take this free pattern for plastic canvas blocks from Roots & Wings Co. for example. You could stitch a set to match a nursery’s decor, or one using the mom’s favorite color.

There are suggestions for several options for the blocks, as well as pictures of others. You could make a color block (with each side a different color), dice blocks, a shape block (with each side a different shape), patterns, or even the traditional letters.

The blocks use standard plastic canvas squares from the craft store.


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Plastic canvas washing up kit from Craft Leftovers


With more and more of us brown bagging it to work and many of us going for reusable containers, we face an unpleasant choice. We can bring our dirty dishes home and wash them there, or we can wash them at work. I don’t know about you, but I have never worked at a place that had really great facilities for washing up.

My friend Kristen at Craft Leftovers has come up with this great plastic canvas washing up kit that solves this problem beautifully and economically. Tucked inside the 3-D plastic canvas box, you’ll find a hand-knitted dishcloth and a bottle of dishwashing liquid.

It’s automatically color-coordinated because you use the same yarn to knit the dishcloth and make the box. Knitting dishcloths is an easy project, one well within the skills of even a beginning knitter. They could also be crocheted or you could even buy one.

The open mesh provides drainage automatically and, if needed, you could even hand-wash the box. The directions to make it are clear and you could even adapt them to make other boxes, maybe as containers for your kid’s lunches.

I love this fast & thrifty idea!


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Great Plastic Canvas Storage Box

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plastic canvas storage box from Crafty Pod

My friend Diane over at Crafty Pod has a love for plastic canvas. She’s made many remarkable projects from it, buys vintage and Japanese books on it looking for ideas, and generally lifts this material from the realm of church-bazaar crafts to something fun, bright, and hip.

There are two tremendous virtues to plastic canvas that are showcased well in Diane’s pieces. First, since it’s rigid, you can use it to make useful things, like this box, and finish them yourself. Second, because the mesh size is large, plastic canvas projects are quick to stitch.

Because there are so many wonderful knitting yarns out there, your project can be made in bright colors and the natural fibers we’re used to as needlepointers.

Diane’s box tutorial over at CRAFT magazine is simply marvelous. She begins by explaining how to measure items and size your box. Then she goes on to talk about yarns and different materials for stitching. She also covers how to find different stitches and shows you how she stitched the box. The tutorial really shines at showing you how to construct the box, with close-up photos of each step.

But my absolute favorite thing in the project is the way she incorporated fabric panels on the sides of the box. This is so inspired and such fun. It’s also a great way to come up with a color scheme, by matching your threads colors to the fabric.

This is a project that has everything: it reflects your style, uses your stash, can be finished yourself and, best of all, makes you more organized. Great stuff, Diane!


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