Holiday Angel Pin

Plastic canvas and beautiful threads make it easy to create a Christmas pin with an angel theme. Plastic canvas pins make for quick and easy jewelry. Give as holiday gifts!


 

Materials:

• QuickCount® 10-count plastic canvas by Uniek
• Kreinik Heavy (#32) Braid in 008 Green, 9400 Baby Blue
• Kreinik Very Fine (#4) Braid 221 Antique Gold
• Kreinik 1/8” Ribbon in 002V Vintage Gold, 009 Emerald, 092 Star Pink, 100HL White Hi Lustre
• DMC embroidery floss in 321 Christmas Red, 422 Hazel Nut Brown
• Fabri-Tac™ Permanent Adhesive by Beacon™
• Whimsy Glass Beads by Wichelt Imports: 10 matte gold (#5142)
• Scissors
• Plastic canvas needle (No. 18)
• Backing material such as fabric, perforated paper, card stock
• Pinback
• Charts

Instructions:

1. Cut canvas according to graphs, and as follows:
   BASE: 18 x 18 holes
   ANGEL: 9 x 12 holes
   BACKGROUND: 16 x 16 holes
   STAR: 5 x 6 holes
    
2. Using six strands of Christmas Red DMC floss, work the background piece in continental stitches. Overcast the edges with Christmas Red. Using Emerald 1/8” Ribbon in straight stitches, work Christmas Tree as indicated on the background. With beading needle and Antique Gold Very Fine (#4) Braid, add 10 dark matte gold Whimsy beads to the Christmas Tree at (•).
    
3. Using Star Pink and White Hi Lustre 1/8” Ribbon, work the angel in cross stitches on face and wings. Add Baby Blue Heavy Braid in continental stitches for gown. Overcast edges, matching colors as you work in the area: arm and legs are overcast with Star Pink. Using six strands of Hazel Nut Brown DMC floss, work cross stitches for hair and overcast matching edges.
    
4. Overcast the edges of the Star with Vintage Gold 1/8” Ribbon.
    
5. Holding background piece like a diamond, tack the angel to the left of the tree on the background, 5/8” from the top corner matching the color of the hair and legs.
    
6. Tack the star to the background at the top of the tree with Vintage Gold 1/8” Ribbon.
    
7. Using three strands of Christmas Red DMC floss, whipstitch the background to the unstitched base, leaving one hole around all edges.
    
8. Overcast edges of base with Green Heavy Braid.
    
9. Glue backing material to back of pin. Glue pinback to center of backing material.

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