Holly-day Frame

ake your favorite counted cross stitch design more festive with a few simple berries and leaves. Place the stitchery in a 2.7" (72mm) plastic frame. Mold sprigs of holly leaves and berries for each of the four corners and bake the clay. Attach cooled pieces with Arts and Crafts Goop™. Draw leaf veins with a permanent fine-tipped black marker. Complete the presentation with a decorative braid glued around the outer edges.

Poinsettias & Holly Push Mold

For cross stitch enthusiasts, this pattern was worked in DMC flower thread on 14-count ecru Aida. It is an original design ©1998 by Judi Maddigan. The two-sided mini-frame is by Sweet Suspensions™, courtesy of Bruna, Ventura, CA.