This took a bit of thought. I used Lee's Snowflake gift card holder with some adjustments. I put the design in my software then duplicated it. I put the 2nd one aside then I lengthened the first one to 7 inches tall. This made the snowflake oblong so I brought the second design over on top of the first. Then I adjusted the stitch order to only use the parts I wanted first. I put the rest at the end and skipped them when stitching. When the top of the top piece stitched I put an 18 ribbon on then I pinned it flat so it wouldn't be in the way. It worked beautifully. My intention was to put small candy boxes I found at Target in them for little gifts. The icing on the cake was when I noticed it was the perfect size for a glasses case.
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9189Very cool! Wish I could come up with some of the things you girls do. I am limited by my 4x4 too.
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360641Alot of work and you have done a great job - so happy you figured it out. And you got a bonus to be able to use it for two gift ideas. *4U
211079Very inventive! I like the color choices - Great for all the winter month, not just Christmas time.
31625My only problem is that my spray adhesive stays sticky. That would be a problem for glasses. Any suggestions?
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by leenova54
12 Dec 2010
I don't use spray adhesive, the felt pretty much sticks to the stabilizer on its own as long as you stay there and keep an eye on it. I only used the adhesive on one gift card holder and it is still sticky inside so just skip that.
by sewmom
12 Dec 2010
I will try that, thank you. I think it may work with simple designs like this one. I've been doing some dense designs too and they need a lot of stabilizing help.
by pcteddyb
13 Dec 2010
If you really needed spray adhesive you could try Sulky KK2000 - then iron after it is finished - the heat from the iron gets rid of the adhesive.
463402It's beautiful sewmom, great ideas! Thank you for sharing with us.
Hugs Lee
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