I put all other sewing aside for the last couple of weeks so that I could make my gift tag for the annual office Secret Santa exchange. I do a tag every year; it's become a tradition. At first I did some complex paper tags, but then I changed to cross stitch on plastic canvas. The last couple of years I have added beading. I always make them double-sided so they can be hung as ornament. This year the tag is completely beaded. It looks very nice, but it's a lot of added work. Cross-stitch is zip-zip, but when you bead you have to pause at every cross to catch a bead on your needle. I lost one whole evening of stitching because I hit the bead container wrong and spent the rest of the evening painstakingly rescuing beads from the carpeting. Sheesh! Anyway, it's done now and I think it came out well. The person whose name I pulled this year has a 1 1/2 year old baby, so I thought this Santa tag would be nice.
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Very nice! I have just started stitching gift tags. Lots of fun!
ReplyDeletesocialsue
I'm sure they will love it :)
ReplyDeleteCute on both sides. sorry to hear about the disaster.....that stuff happens, but it's frustrating (I know) probably as bad as frogging.
ReplyDeleteHappy Holidays & stitching!
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