Sunday, April 13, 2008

New Finishes

I have been wanting to do a box finish, so I dug
up this piece I had stitched quite awhile ago. I
used Vonna's idea to use styrofoam. I think the
result was pretty good. It was also my first attempt
at a bow.





Then I wanted to try my hand at a floss tag
and teardropfloss holders. I used poster
board for some of the floss holders,
but decided that I wanted something
that might hold up a bit better.
So I bought some light weight plastic
that is used to cut out stencils.
The plastic worked real well.
I am happy with all of my projects this weekend.

Thanks to Staci for the floss tag tutorial and to Wawanna
for the teardrop floss holder tutorial.

I hope everyone had a great weekend and keep stitching.

6 comments:

staci said...

Love, love, love all your finishes! Clever idea to use stencil plastic for the thread drops...don't think I've got enough time to try it out yet, LOL!

Julianne said...

Joan,

Great projects. The PS floss tag is so cute! Stop by my blog sometime when you have a minute. It would be great to hear from you :)

Cathy B said...

You are amazing Joan!

Sonda said...

Those finishes are great! I really need to take the time to make some floss holders!

Lelia said...

Awesome PS thread ring tag! I luv that pttern : )
Nice idea for the thread drops! I like the new ones out by Access Commodities - hop hop thread drops.

Nicole said...

What a great idea to use plastic! I love them! :)