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Create this lovely Christmas Angel made with Plastic Canvas for your table, centerpiece or even as a tree topper. Use your imagination and make her your own using the colors of your choice and perhaps you can use some colorful or metallic cords or yarns to add patterns to the plastic canvas, add a little well placed lace or ribbon, sparkling seed beads sown into the stitching, a little glitter, buttons, rickrack or anything else that you can come up to make your angel as modern, unique and special as you are!
This decorative angel is created using plastic canvas, yarn or embroidery floss, beads, a doll head and yarn for hair. The finished design is suitable for crafters with some plastic canvas experience and results in a stunning keepsake that can be enjoyed year after year. Whether you are making one for your own holiday décor or creating several as heartfelt gifts, this angel is sure to become a cherished favorite.
Perfect for a baby's room, in Christmas decorating, gift giving, church bazaars, craft fairs, and family keepsakes, this lovely angel will add beauty and warmth to any holiday setting.
Resurrect the classic Christmas angel, not as a relic of the past, but as a radiant, contemporary angel, reimagined for the modern holiday decor.
See the bottom of the page for other angels and colors to inspire you.
If you make this project please share your photos with us. With your permission we'll add it to the page and credit it to you.
The colors used in a pattern are always only one possibility. Choosing a different color combination can take the same design from playful to elegant, seasonal to everyday, or traditional to completely unexpected. Be bold and experiment.
3 Sheets of 7 count Plastic Canvas.
You could use the traditional white or clear but colored sheets would work well too, or even a mix of colors.
2 - 4 1/4" to 4 1/2" Plastic Canvas Circles
Choose one of the following types of cord:
32 yds of Metallic Cord
OR
32 yds of 1/8" Satin Ribbon in the color of your choice.
154 - 4 to 6mm Iridescent Beads
1 - 1 1/4" to 1 1/2" Doll Head. Vinyl doll heads are quite difficult to find these days. You can choose one of the following types of doll heads or perhaps find a cute plastic doll at a dollar store that you can remove the head from for your angel. Here are some other suggestions:
1 1/2" Wooden Ball or Knob Paint your ball a flesh color and draw facial features on it with a permanent marker.
OR
1 1/4" to 1 1/2" Styrofoam Ball Paint your ball a flesh color and draw facial features on it with a permanent marker.
Metallic Pipe Cleaners for Doll Hands
A good quality beading thread, like Nymo.
Straight Pins
Cut out all of the pattern pieces as illustrated below. Click on the pattern piece for a larger, higher resolution image.
Stitch all of the pieces according to the pattern and attach the beads before assembling. You will want to do any of your own additions or changes to it before assembling also.
To stitch the pieces together use long stitches and overcast stitches on all of the outside edges except the long sides of the angel's six skirt sections (Piece A). Leave these edges and long edges of the sleeves (Piece B) unstitched for now.
Sew on your iridescent beads following the graph for bead placement and stitching.
Figure A. Cut 6 pieces according to pattern.
Figure B. Cut 2 pieces according to pattern.
Wings. Cut 1 piece according to pattern.
Bodice. You need 1 piece with the center cut out as shown in the pattern.
Halo. Only 1 needed. Trim off outer 4 rows.
Skirt. Begin at the bottom of the skirt and stitch up on odd numbered rows and down on even numbers as shown. Use long stitches to complete the center line. Use 7 to 8 beads for each skirt piece. Add additional stitching and embellishments as desired.
Sleeves - Use the same technique to stitch the sleeve as you did on the skirt. Use 4 beads for each sleeve and add additional stitching and embellishments as desired.
Bodice - Use the diagram to place your stitching and beads. Sew or glue beads around the doll's head.
Wings - Stitch as shown on both sides of the wings. Sew beads and other embellishments onto the wings.
Halo - Stitch as shown in the diagram on both sides. Sew beads onto both sides. Use a long straight pin inserted into a bead and through the hole in the halo. Add a drop of glue to the end of your straight pin and push through angel's head. Let dry.
1. Stitch each gown section using overcast stitches to join both of the (A) edges, forming a cone like shape. Use the same method to form sleeves, joining (B) edges together on each sleeve.
2. Using a 12" piece of cord, lace through the empty top hole in each of the 3 cones then through one sleeve. Continue through the remaining 3 cones and sleeve. Pull tightly and knot off. Trim thread.
3. Using another 12" piece of cord, lace through the second hold from the bottom of each cone, pull together, knot and trim thread.
4. Stitch sleeves into place.
5. Glue hands in sleeves.
6. Glue bodice to top of gown and stitch front and back to the gown.
7. If using a doll pic head insert the wire into the center of the bodice. If using a wooden or styrofoam ball glue the head into place.
8. Attach the halo to the head with a straight pin. If using a wooden ball for the head glue halo into place.
9. Stitch wings to the bodice.
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