Easter & Spring

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Itty Bitty Easter Bunny

Designed by Mary Cosgrove

Here's a quick-and-easy plastic canvas design to herald spring and get ready for Easter. This is a great project for a girl scout troop, or a mom-and-me afternoon treat.

Materials needed:

• one reel of Kreinik 1/8" Ribbon in each color: 012HL Purple Hi Lustre and 092 Star Pink 
• 10-count plastic canvas (model was completed using Quick-Count_ clear) 
• one 12-inch pink chenille stem 
• three inches of two-inch wide white eyelet ruffle 
• two 7mm wiggly eyes 
• scissors, plastic canvas needle, craft glue

Instructions:

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Mary gives us another great plastic canvas pin project with this quick Valentine’s Day project. The red and purple metallics are so festive!

Materials needed:

• QuickCount® 10-count plastic canvas by Uniek*
• Kreinik Heavy (#32) Braid 002 Gold, 003 Red
• Kreinik 1/8” Ribbon 012HL Purple Hi Lustre
• DMC Embroidery floss 3689 Mauve
• FabriTac™ Permanent Adhesive by Beacon™
• Scissors
• Plastic Canvas needle (No. 18)
• Backing material: fabric, perforated paper, card stock, etc.
• Pinback

Instructions:

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Hoppy Easter

Designed by Mary Cosgrove

Materials needed:

• Quick-Count® 10-ct plastic canvas by Uniek
• Kreinik Heavy (#32) Braid: 008 Green, 092 Star Pink, 100 White
• Kreinik 1/8” Ribbon: 053F Lime
• DMC embroidery floss: 209 Dk Lavender, 741 Med. Tangerine
• Fabri-Tac™ Permanent Adhesive by Beacon™
• Whimsy Glass Bead by Wichelt Imports: one turquoise blue (#5013)
• scissors
• plastic canvas needle (No. 18)
• backing material: fabric, perforated paper, card stock, etc.
• pinback or magnet

Instructions:

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Lion & Lamb Pin

Designed by Mary Cosgrove

Seasonal, sweet, simple! This is a quick-to-stitch project for group meetings, teacher gifts, or as a gift to grandma for Grandparents' Day.

Materials needed:

• QuickCount® 10-count plastic canvas by Uniek
• Kreinik 1/8” ribbon 009, 100, 215C, 9194
• DMC embroidery floss 3821, 3825
• Fabri-Tac™ permanent adhesive by Beacon™
• Whimsy Glass Bead by Wichelt Imports: two turquoise blue (#5013) and two dark crystal green (#5133)
• scissors
• plastic canvas needle #18
• backing material: fabric, perforated paper, card stock, or similar
• pinback or magnet

Instructions:

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Watering Can 
make a pin, magnet or ornament

Designed by Mary Cosgrove
 

Materials needed:

• QuickCount® 10-count plastic canvas by Uniek
• Kreinik Heavy (#32) Braid 025 Grey, 091 Star Yellow 
• Kreinik 1/8” Ribbon 012HL Purple Hi Lustre 
• DMC embroidery floss in 415 Very Light Pewter, 208 Very Dark Lavender, 702 Kelly Green, 3804 Dark Cyclamen Pink
• Fabri-Tac™ Permanent Adhesive by Beacon™
• Scissors
• Plastic canvas needle (No. 18)
• Backing material such as fabric, perforated paper, card stock
• Pinback or magnet

Instructions:

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Bunny Plastic Canvas Coasters

Designed by: Kathryn Rubinstein
Skill Level: Beginner

Need some quick decorations for an Easter party, spring birthday party, or even a women's tea party? You can make these coasters in a jiffy - stitch as many as you need!

Materials needed: 

• 10-count plastic canvas
• DMC embroidery floss as listed in color key
• Kreinik Very Fine #4 Braid as listed in color key
• embroidery needle, scissors, white flexi-foam, craft glue

Directions: 

Cut rectangles of plastic canvas, each 38 threads by 49 thread. Follow the chart and use full 6-strands of floss for all cross stitches and Hungarian stitches. Use Very Fine #4 Braid doubled in the needle for all cross stitches using metallic threads. Work bunnies first. When each bunny is complete, add straight-stitch totes. Fill in background with Hungarian Stitches.

Finishing: 

Trim canvas edges smooth. Finish edges with whip or overcast stitches. Trim off excess floss thread. Optional: cut pieces of foam each slightly smaller than coasters. glue foam backing to wrong side of each coaster.

Printing Instructions: 

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