The Angels Nook

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Saturday, July 23, 2005

What to do with all those patterns?

What do you do with all the leftover patterns from your completed kits? Well, don't throw them away! They can all be used for other projects. Using your favorite parts of the patterns and small elements of others, you can create all kinds of beautiful things.

You just finished that christmas stocking kit now use pieces of the pattern and create matching ornaments. What about that welcome picture you just completed for the kitchen, well use smaller parts of the pattern and make new towels or enchance some placemats to match. Are the ideas starting to flow?

Door hangers, kitchen towels, pot holders, christmas ornaments, small picture frames and pins can all be created or enchanced with small designs placed here and there. Enchance your plain pillowcases with a small design or cluster a few designs together and make an original small collage wall hanging. Follow the pattern design colors exactly or choose your own floss colors to make things really unique.

The possibilities are endless, just use your imagination and don't throw away those old patterns.