The first punchneedle project I have ever done is now framed and hanging on my wall:
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trimmed the punchneedle cloth to about 1 inch from the design, folded it back and glued it in place. Then I found at JoAnne fabrics these small framed "art", all black & white photos by some such photographer I've not heard of. It originally had a thin sheet of plastic instead of glass. I also found a remnant of deep blue (midnight blue?) fabric for really cheap, which happens to match *exactly* the color of the sky in the project. Anyway, I opened up the frame, removed their version of 'glass', took out the photo, used the backing and filler for my project by wrapping the blue cloth around the backer/filler & securing (used masking tape), then covering that with the 'arty' photo, reversed and with my name & project completion dates written on it, and used making tape to hold that in place. Then I turned it over and glued the project to the blue fabric. I was a bit heavy with the glue, as you can see a bit on the left of it (it dried clear, so you can't even see it now!).This is the hardanger project:
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was supposed to be a felt backed ornament, but I like it like this. And the frame is a perfect match :D!!!This is the linen class project:
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frame is a very rough finished wood, which I think goes very well with the earthy tones of the floss and the natural cashel linen.I also did a couple more punchneedle projects, both were in the same kit (3 pictures):
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is for MIL & one is for Mom. Frames for this, the linen and hardanger projects were all found at the LNS where I took the classes.In the meantime, DH has built a robot from a kit he ordered, then an RC car - he plans on attaching the 'brains' of the robot to the RC car to control it, instead of via remote. He has it sort of working right now, and is terrorizing the cats with it!
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