Cross-Stitch Ring

Supplies:

• Aida cloth (cross stitch fabric)
• Embroidery floss
• Embroidery hoop (optional)
• Sewing needle
• Ring back
• Small piece of cardboard/chipboard
• Hot glue gun & gluesticks

How To:

1) Place aida fabric in an embroidery hoop, if you choose to use one. It helps keep the fabric taut and makes sewing a little easier.

2) Cross-stitch or embroider a tiny pattern on the fabric. Make it slightly bigger than the blank space on your ring. I chose to embroider my initial.

3) Fill in the background with half-stitches (instead of making an X, just make one diagonal line).

4) Trace the empty ring frame onto chipboard. I found this 4-pack of vintage-style rings at JoAnn for $4.

5) Add the cross-stitch design to the chipboard oval, wrapping the the fabric and gluing on the back.

6) Hot glue to the ring.

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