Fabric Christmas Cards

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Make these adorable personalized holiday cards

By Sheherazade Goldsmith

These attractive cards can be easily adapted: use a loop of ribbon instead of string, or punch two small holes close together near the top of the card, thread through wool or wine, and tie it in a bow; or cut out and sew together two fabric shapes and fill the enter with sweet-smelling dried lavender. Don’t cut the shapes too small, or you may find them hard to sew and turn inside out.

Materials
• Template
• Scraps of fabric, or old carpet samples, for an interesting texture
• Scissors
• Recycled string
• Recycled or vintage button or bead
• Eco-friendly adhesive glue
• Recycled cardstock
• Scalpel
• Ruler

1. Make up your chosen template, then place it on a piece of fabric and cut around the shape neatly with a pair of scissors.

2. Thread the string through the button or bead and secure the ends of the string in a knot.

3. Glue the knotted end of the string loop onto the back of the fabric shape and allow todry.

4. Lightly score down the middle of the cardstock with a scalpel and ruler. Glue the fabric shape onto the front of the card. Allow to dry.

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Excerpted from A Greener Christmas © 2008 Dorling Kindersley. Excerpted by permission of DK Publishing.