| The most fun and frugal craft around is Plastic | | | | accessories to baskets to doorstops. The list just goes |
| Canvas Needlepoint. The supplies are very | | | | on and on! |
| inexpensive and easy to find, plus it's easy to learn for | | | | A handmade gift from the heart is always appreciated. |
| anyone of any age. The charts are easy to read and | | | | Plastic canvas makes up beautifully into nursery items |
| there's no need to get out the magnifying glass in | | | | just perfect for those baby showers. Projects work |
| order to see what you're doing! Even the most | | | | up quickly and they are very portable. Many stitchers |
| inexperienced beginner can turn out a project worthy | | | | like to keep a totebag just to carry along in order to |
| of admiration. | | | | stitch a little when the opportunity arises. |
| Plastic Canvas Needlepoint is worked by cutting | | | | Make accessories for your own home; any pattern |
| shaped pieces from sheets of plastic canvas; then | | | | can be customized by changing the colors to match |
| working stitches on the canvas. Worsted weight yarn | | | | your decor. It is these handmade details that make a |
| is the most common type of yarn used, but specialty | | | | house a "Home". |
| plastic canvas yarn is also available. Details are often | | | | The sheets of plastic canvas are very, very |
| worked using regular embroidery stitches and | | | | inexpensive. They're readily available at discount and |
| embroidery floss. And plastic canvas is a great way to | | | | craft stores. Worsted-weight yarn can be purchased |
| use up the yarn you have left from other projects. | | | | at bargain prices, also. Plus, garage sales and yard |
| It's a very rewarding kind of needlework. When you | | | | sales are great places to pick up all kinds and colors of |
| work with plastic canvas, projects are not just flat wall | | | | yarn. A little goes a long way in plastic canvas! |
| hangings or pillows. Probably the item most people | | | | So if you're looking for a craft that is fun and |
| think of when they think of plastic canvas is a tissue | | | | affordable, look no further...Plastic Canvas Needlepoint |
| box cover, but so much more can be done with plastic | | | | is for you! |
| canvas, from birdhouses to picture frames to purse | | | | |