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Permanent poinsettias
This year, when the holidays are
over, your poinsettias don’t have to
Ofade. They’ll remain red all year
long, if you make them from velvet
scraps and some inexpensive floral
supplies.
Poinsettias are the quin
tessential holiday flowers. One
Christmas Eve many years ago,
according to the Mexican legend,
;he poinsettia burst into red
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Dlossoms when a poor young girl
wrought the leaves to church
■ather than come empty-handed.
Today, you can make the
.egendary flowers with ease. Here
ire directions for velvet poin
lettias:
MATERIALS: Red velvet;
green floral tape; floral tape;
loral wire; tiny gold beads;
nasking tape; white glue; spray
SWINE & POULTRY SYSTEMS SPECIALISTS
sizing or starch; tailor’s chalk;
aaper and pencil; scissors; iron.
PREPARATION: 1. Spray
wrong side of velvet with sizing or
starch. Press velvet with warm
ron. 2. Repeat step one until fabric
eels stiff.
PATTERNS: 1. Using paper and
pencil, draw a small petal pattern,
about 4 inches long and inches
vide. 2. Draw a medium-size petal
aattem, about Ate inches long and 2
nches wide. 3. Draw a large petal
aattern, about 5% inches long and 2
nches wide.
CUTTING: 1. Using the pat
erns, cut four small petals, cut
our small petals, 10 medium-size
aetals, and six large petals from
/elvet. 2. For each petal, cut one
stem wire about 2 inches longer
■han the petal.
PETALS: 1. Dip each stem in
vhite glue. 2. Lay stem on wrong
side of petal. 3. Let glue dry.
CENTERS: 1. Glue a bead to the
ands of six floral wires. 2. Let glue
Iry. 3. Using masking tape, join
stems together about one inch
aeneath the beaded ends.
ASSEMBLY: 1. Using masking
ape, add small petals around
leaded wires. 2. Tape large petals
around the smaller petals. 3. Tape
six medium petals around the
growing flower. 4. Bend wires to
give petals a more graceful shape,
i. Add more petals where needed
.o fill in any gaps.
STEM: 1. Stretch end of floral
tape. Wind tape around stem,
always stretching tape as you
wind. 2. Wind on several layers of
ape. Keep winding until stem is
thick enough to support the flower.
;if necessary, add more wires to
the stem.) 3. Trim stem as desired.
BOUQUET: 1. Make several
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We Wish Everyone a Merry Christmas and
A Prosperous New Year
From All Of Us At
HEISEY FARM EQUIPMENT, INC.
Lancaster Firming, Friday, December 24,1982—8;
CHRISTMAS JOY
May the meaning and the message of
the first Noel rekindle your faith in
His love. Merry tidings.
John 3:16
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directions. 2. Purchase fab:
greenery or make leaves fr<
green velvet and stem wires. 3. F
pomsettias and greenery togeth
in a bouquet.
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