Finishing Ideas for Handcrafts

I love the scissor fobs featured at http://www.drawnthread.com/FreeCharts.html.

This chart is a freebie from http://www.caseybuonaugurio.com/, another one I stitched for my Halloween Tree, a SAL at the Yahoo Group wXSw.

I like to finish smalls by hand, rather than machine.  I feel it gives me better control aligning  the threads of my stitched piece.  And when finishing by hand, I adore the method of backstitching around my piece, and then whipstitching the edges together from the right side.  Here is my own twist on finishing a scissor fob type ornament. 

Scissors Fob Step by Step

If you have problems accessing the PowerPoint presentation, email me and I’ll send you the jpegs.

 Enjoy!