PUNCH NEEDLE
Some members of the S&TT group are trying their hand at punch needle. The library fund raiser projects include small punch needle design blocks and also refrigerator magnets. Use that coloring book for your designs. Transfer it to your cloth using graphite paper or pattern transfer paper. Choose your colors, punch in the shadow effect and before you know it, you have a masterpiece. Turn that masterpiece into a refrigerator magnet by folding back 1/4" of raw edge all around the design and glue it in place to the back of the piece (which is really the front after finishing). When you work with punch needle, you are looking at the back of the piece while you work and when you turn it over, that is the finished side. Once your raw edges are glued, trace and cut out your magnet material just shy of your shape. Glue this in place. If you need more floss for this project, see Lee in the library! New pattern book is on its way into our library collection.
Our friend Sharon brought in some beautiful refrigerator magnets last week. We will bring Sharon back to teach a class on punch needle. Thanks Sharon!