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Black felt Ivory felt Other colors of felt for tag layer Embroidery floss & needle Small sharp “good” scissors Pinking shears Pins
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Print out silhouettes (in appendix) and loosely cut around each family member. Pin each cut-out piece of paper to a small piece of black felt. With a pair of sharp scissors, cut as closely around the silhouettes as you can. Try turning the paper/fabric instead of the scissors to get smoother cuts. Un-pin the paper and trim any areas that need finetuning. Cut a 2.5” x 4”piece of ivory felt with pinking shears. Stitch around the silhouette with black floss (just one skein) to attach the silhouette to the ivory felt. You can add details like eyelashes, too, and it will look like you are an expert with scissors! Now this is the fun part! Embellish to your heart’s content. A pearl necklace for Mama, a band around Papa’s hat, a flower in Sister’s hair...have fun! You can try embroidering details too. If you want to add a name to the tag, you can embroider it now...or what about spelling names with tiny alphabeads? Cut a 3.5” x 5” piece of colored felt and sew the ivory embellished tag piece to it. If you’d like to add a loop of ribbon to the top of the tag, sandwhich it between the two pieces before sewing them together.