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| pompom ornaments |
I use pumpkin, bell and star cookie cutters for kid’s crafts at the
market. I trace the cookie cutter on to
paper, scan them on my printer so I can enlarge them to the size I need
(although I have pumpkin cutters in various sizes). I print them out on cardstock, cut them out
and punch a hole in the top then add yarn for a hanger. Give them to the kids to glue whatever they
want on it or just color them. I was
given pompoms of various colors so we have been using those.
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| cat applique |
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| witch applique |
I have also used them for appliqué. Again just trace the cookie cutter; cut it
out on fabric and sew it down. I like
the cat and witch cutters my mom had as we were growing up. They were great appliqués for my Halloween
quilt (which one of these years I will finish).
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| punchneedle heart |
I enjoy punchneedle embroidery. Recently I found some tie-dyed embroidery
floss and wanted to see how it would look stitched out. So I took several sizes of my heart shaped
cookie cutters and made myself a little heart using the floss.
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| needle felted acorn and leaf |
Cookie cutters are also a great shape for needle
felting. As long as the cutter is open
on both ends, you can place your roving in the cutter and needle felt until the
roving takes the shape of the cutter.
Then once you have finished felting it, you can use it as an appliqué, sew a thread hanger through it for an ornament or glue a magnet on the back
and put it on your frieg. (I’ll have a
future blog concerning needle felting in a shape.)
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| make cookies |
Making sugar cookies is so much fun and decorating them
with children creates memories but using your cutters with fabric and thread (or
glue and pompoms) is a way to keep the cookies forever. Cookie cutters aren’t just for cookies
anymore.
© 2016 Cheryl Fillion
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