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Here is a free pattern by Jane Lake to make a basket from used Christmas cards:
Materials Required:
- 14 used Christmas cards
- White Glue
- Yarn in Christmas colors
- Yarn needle
- Scissors
- Small but sharp-pointed scissors, sharp awl or similar item to poke holes through two cards glued together.
- Crochet Hook- optional
Instructions:
- Draw a hexagon on paper and six squares to be attached to the six sides of the hexagon.
- Cut out the patterns
- Trace around the patterns on the back of two old Christmas cards and cut out these patterns to use as templates.
- Trace around your templates and then cut out 12 sides and 2 bottom pattern pieces from the front of old Christmas cards.
- Try to center the nicest part of the card pictures in the middle of each piece.
- Glue two sides together, with the pictures facing outwards on each side
- Do the same for bottom pieces.
- Let the glue dry.
- Poke holes all around the edge of each pattern piece.
- These are sewing holes used to frame each piece with blanket stitch.
- Make the holes about 1/4 inch apart and about 1/4 inch from the edge
- Take your yarn and sew a blanket stitch all around each pattern piece
- When you have finished edging with blanket stitch, begin sewing all the side pieces to the bottom, then sewing all the sides together
- Your Christmas card basket is now complete
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