Project: Pin Wheel Card

image by Heather Holbrook

I wanted to share with you the instructions for this fun Pin Wheel Card I made recently.

Supplies:

cardstock: yellow, rust, orange

double-sided pattern paper 3″x 3″

button

string

small dowel, stick or skewer 3 1/2″ long

“smile” stamp (from Close To My Heart “April Word Puzzle” set)

rust ink pad

large glue dots

foam squares

Directions:

-cut orange cardstock in half and fold in half for card base

-trim rust cardstock to 5 1/4″ x 3 1/4″ and trim yellow cardstock to 5″ x 3″ and adhere both to card base

-stamp “smile” word with rust ink onto yellow cardstock

-turn patterned paper over to backside and draw an X with a pencil from corner to corner, cut along all four lines about half way towards the center of the X (see picture below)

-turn cut patterned paper over and apply a glue dot in the center, fold down every other point and adhere in the middle (see photo below)

-tie string through button holes and adhere button to middle of pin wheel

-glue stick to center of card

-apply foam squares to back of pin wheel and adhere to card front on top of stick

image by Heather Holbrook

image by Heather Holbrookimage by Heather Holbrook

image by Heather Holbrook

Hope you try out this fun card for yourself!

-Heather

Hanukkah is a great reason to pull out your cross stitch fabric and thread and stitch up some fun seasonal cross stitch patterns.

If you have trouble spelling Hanukkah (I know I do!) you’ll want to stitch up the How Do You Spell… project from SKB Cross Stitch Design. This one includes a bunch of different ways to spell the holiday, along with some symbols like a dreidel and menorah. (Technically I think all the ways to spell it are “correct.”) The pattern includes full, fractional and bask titches, and measures 8.5 by 7 inches, or 21.6 by 17.8 cm. It has the date for 2004/5785 but you can easily change the year or leave that part off.

Another project with some fun word play is the Words to Live By chart from Sam Brie Stitches. This one includes Hanukkah related symbols and word presented crossword puzzle style, which is fun to stitch and to display. The design uses 10 colors and measures 74 by 103 stitches. It’s shown worked on 18 count fabric.

I may have shared these before, but the Hanukkah patterns from the Frosted Pumpkin Stitchery are so cute they’re definitely worth sharing again. Happy Hanukkah features a menorah, dreidels, gelt, stars and candles, and it fits in a 6-inch hoop. At 75 by 75 stitches, it comes out to 5.4 inches/13.4 cm on 14 count Aida or 28 count linen. They also have this cute little dreidel stamp cross stitch pattern, which is 39 by 49 stitches, or 2.8 by 3.5 inches (about 7 by 9 cm) on 14 count Aida or 28 count linen.

Works By ABC has a lot of great patterns for Hanukkah, but here are just a couple to get you started. The Rules for Dreidel design is fun for kids and adults and shows the different sides of the dreidel and what it means when you land on them. The stitch count is 62 by 94 and its shown worked on 32 count linen. It calls for three colors. I also like this menorah one, which measures 44 by 49 stitches and uses two colors along with coordinating seed beads. On 32 count linen as shown (equivalent to 16 count Aida) it measures 2.75 by 3.1 inches, or almost 7 by 7.8 cm.

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