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Encourage the little ones to give cross stitch a go with a miniature design that can be worked up in to a feature for this handy back to school essential. Using a simple template as a guide, this project shows how easily you can create pretty pictures and motifs on fabrics with just a few different coloured threads.
Cross stitch a motif
Cut a piece of printed Aida 8cm by 12cm and find the centre. Begin working the cross stitch design from this point using three strands of cerise embroidery cotton for the central heart. Work half stitches where necessary to ensure the curves look neat.
Work the two puppies in jade and pink stranded cotton, adding collar and heart patches with yellow and green. Outline the animals with a neat backstitch in the darker shades, adding the features with black cotton.
Frame the design
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