Bl2—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, July 21,1984
Make it personal for children
Children will love a personalized
room plaque and light switch,
especially when they’re made by a
loving parent, grandparent or
family friend.
The set shown here is worked on
plastic canvas, using a technique
similar to needlepoint. Not sur
prisingly, the technique is called
“plasticpoint.”
Pieces feature a “busy bunnies”
design, complete with bees, but
terflies and a child’s name.
Bunnies even have three
dimensional cotton tails and carrot
tops.
The kit contains all supplies
needed for the plaque and switch
plate, including blue yams for the
background and bright colors for
the bunny design. The plaque
measures 13% inches by 5 inches;
the switch plate cover, 5% inches
by 5 inches.
To order kit D-2518, send $l6 to
Ellen Appel Crafts, your
newspaper’s name, Box 1144,
Laguna Beach, CA 92652.
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percent sales tax.) If you wish to
learn plasticpoint now, directions
below explain the craft more fully.
Plasticpoint is popular because
it combines the look of needlepoing
with the convenient ease of han
dling. In addition, it lends to a
variety of projects.
Because the canvas is stiff
plastic, there’s no need for a hoop
to keep the work taut. As a result,
stitches stay even, the canvas
works up quickly and results are
professional-looking.
The switch plate set is just one
example of a plasticpoint project.
By cutting and stitching pieces
together, it’s also possible to make
boxes, mobiles, picture frames and
many other home accessories.
If you enjoy needlepoint, you’ll
find plasticpoint a fast and fun
change of pace. Even if you’ve
never tried either craft, you’ll find
plasticpoint remarkably easy to
do.
Here are directions for a
plasticpoint plaque.
MATERIALS: If you’re not
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working with a kit, you’ll need
plastic canvas, yarns, needle,
scissors, design chart or graph
paper and pencil.
DIRECTIONS; 1. Draw design
on graph paper. 2. Following your
chart, work the background in the
continental stitch as illustrated. 3.
Work designs according to chart.
CONTINENTAL STITCH: 1.
Beginning at upper right-hand
corner, work stitches from right to
left. Complete entire row of
colored area. 2. Turn canvas up
side down to stitch the next row,
from rirrKf tf*
FINISHING: 1. Cut away excess
canvas. 2. Overcast edges. 3.
Decorate with ribbons, yams,
pompoms or any other way, if
desired.
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Treasure trove
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Though a few Holosteans exist
even today, most had died out by
the time fish swam in the lagoon at
the Lebanese site; the fossils there
were mostly Teleosts. But earlier,
at Solnhofen, the fish were almost
all Holosteans. Thus, the Tepexi
fish may be from a time when
Holosteans were being replaced as
the dominant group of fish.
About half of Tepexi’s non-fish
fossils are plant-like life forms that
have branches and chambers that
provided homes for microscopic
organisms. Others are relatives of
contemporary squid and octopi,
early sea urchins, spider crabs,
and snails, among other things.
Scientists will be studying
Tepexi’s fossils for a long time.
For the Aranguthy family and
other residents of the isolated
Indian town, the fossils mean a
source of fame and a sense of
pride.
The governor of the state of
Puebla has already dedicated the
new museum, which is expected to
open this summer. It is, of course,
faced with stone from the fossil
producing quarry. When scientists
come to the community, they are
treated like visiting royalty,
Callison says and Tepexi’s
residents regard the fossils as part
of Mexico’s heritage.
“We don’t want to see our fossils
in the chimneys of millionaires,”
says Miguel Aranguthy. “They are
part of Mexico’s patrimony.”
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