| The FSL
Battenberg 3D Lace Angel Ornament and FSL
Battenberg 3D Lace Fairy ornament are two of our popular lace sets
that were originally intended to be used as Christmas tree ornaments. However,
you can put them to a variety of decorative uses.
In this project we show how you can make them using different materials
(not just the pearls we recommended in the original tutorial). |
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| The angel design (left ) is slightly bigger than the fairy design (right).
If you have both sets, you can interchange the wings to make angels and
fairies of varying sizes. |
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| Here are pictures of three flower fairies. The colors are easy to vary
to match the silk flowers we selected. |
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| For the project you will need Crayola's Model Magic - it's a polymer
clay which dries in air and is very easy and neat to model with. It's available
in school supplies shops. You will also need seed beads (blue, black, brown
or green for the eyes and red or pink for the mouths), doll curls for hair
(alternatevely you can use yarn), silicone adhesive, yarn and small silk
flowers. |
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| First embroider and sew the dresses and wings of the angels and fairies. |
| Take a small piece of Model Magic and make a ball to fit on top of
the dress. |
| Thread a needle with a yarn and take it through the clay ball, make
a loop and return the needle with the yarn. Tie a knot over the clay ball
and under the clay ball. |
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| With a tip of a toothpick make small holes for the eyes and mouth.
With the tip of the toothpick place some adhesive into the holes, then
insert blue/black and red/pink seed beans. |
| Take several strands of doll curls and tie them around the loop. |
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| Out of a piece of thin wire make a halos and insert them into the heads
of the angels. |
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| If you are making a fairy, thread a silk flower onto the loop. This
will be a flower hat for the fairy. |
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| Make the face in the same manner as described above. |
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| Tie some curl strands around the yarn over the head. |
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| Push the flower hat onto the hair and tie a knot on the loop. |
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| Insert the loose ends of the string into the fairy dress, then thread
the ends through a button. This will act as a stopper to prevent the head
separating from the body. Tie a knot. To make shoes, thread a bead onto
each loose end and tie a knot at the end of it. |
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The Angels and Fairies are ready. Enjoy!
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| The fairies can be used not only as Christmas tree decorations, but
as seasonal hangings or to give to kids. Here are some pictures: |
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| A customer Linda Berger has sent in her own version of the angel. She
used a wooden bead for the head, painted the face and gave her angel a
small golden bell. |
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Happy Embroidering!
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