Embroidered Greeting Cards with a Cactus and a Reindeer

1 Sew cross-stitches along the edge.

2 Secure the ends.

3 Continue with cross-stitches following the cactus template.

4 Attach double-sided adhesive tape onto a piece of card for covering the back of the embroidery. Press the two firmly together.

5 Make the reindeer following the same procedure as the cactus but don't attach a piece of card covering the back of the embroidery until you have sewn the pom-pom nose onto the front of the greeting card.

6 Cut out a pom-pom maker using the template. Attach two pieces of mercerised cotton yarn onto the pom-pom maker. Use the two pieces of yarn for assembling the pom-pom and for sewing it onto the front of the greeting card.

7 Wind mercerised cotton yarn approx. 20 times around the pom-pom maker. Lift the two pieces of yarn off the notch on the pom-pom maker, tighten and tie a double knot.

8 Cut open the yarn.

9 Use the two pieces of mercerised yarn for sewing the pom-pom onto the card.

10 Sew on the pom-pom for the nose.

11 Tie a knot on the back and cut off the ends.

Another variant An embroidered greeting card with a reindeer.

Another variant An embroidered greeting card with a cactus.

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