Shoebox: Easter Tree, Egg, Card Gifts Carol Duvall Show : Episode CDS-1405 -- More Projects » By Carol Duvall
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Irma Taylor of Wilmington, Del., sent a photograph to the Shoebox of an Easter tree the likes of which I have never seen. The tree was covered to the point of not being able to see the tree at all, and it was fascinating. There was at least one ornament and usually many more than one of everything associated with Easter. There were chicks and ducks and decorated eggs beyond counting. Some were real eggs that had been blown and decorated. Others were plastic foam eggs covered with sequins and ribbon and all manner of decoration. There were crocheted crosses and plastic mesh crosses and on and on and on. Irma wrote that decorating an Easter tree has been an annual tradition since 1913, when she and her aunt were sick with the measles at Easter time and felt so bad that their Grandma made them an Easter tree. At that time it held real eggs and cookies and things of that nature. Now Irma, who is 84 years old, lives by herself and doesn’t have to please anybody, so she doesn’t care if her place is cluttered with crafts!
We also found an Easter egg in the Shoebox that was given to me by Mary Belcher of North Richland Hills, Tex. This egg was yellow and large. Mary said she had crocheted it over a large plastic egg (L'eggs pantyhose egg?) in two parts, making it up as she went along. When she had both halves completed, she joined them with an all but invisible row of stitching around the center. Very pretty. A bowl full would look very spring-y.
From Jan Koepsell came some cards that are more than cards. Each card contains a hidden gift. Jan selects fabric that features designs and figures that lend themselves to cutting out, but before cutting she adheres the fabric to iron-on fusible webbing. She then cuts out the selected design and then cuts out a portion of that design that is complete in and of itself, such as a package from a pile of packages (figure A). This cut out portion is then ironed to magnetic backing. The original design is then ironed to a note card. The piece of the design that has the magnetic backing on it is put back in place and held there with a spot of glue so it can easily be removed (figure B) by the recipient and placed on a refrigerator. Very clever idea and very nicely executed.
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