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Birthday cards

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How to mount the cards

Trim your stitching to size, leaving six
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1 strands of evenweave around all four
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edges, then fray four strands of evenweave
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all the way around. You can either pull
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20 888 the threads out by hand or use a pair of
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tweezers.
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Cut a piece of white paper to a slightly
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2smaller size than your stitched area, and
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double-sided tape.
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Stick more double-sided tape to the
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3back of the white paper and position the
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stitching over the centre of the card blank.
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stick it carefully into place.
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across the back of your
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stitching – finish each
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length before moving
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to a new area
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Adapting these designs 30 20 10 10 20 30
These sweet elephant greetings are perfect for
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birthdays, but would also work really well as uuuui
new-baby cards or Christening cards. You can pp u ui
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backstitch details such as a name and date if ff666 TT<<g
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