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This Christmas, create some gorgeous
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tags using any old tags and your scraps
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of fabric. I'm going to show you how.
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They are super quick and easy. So,
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you're just going to need some gift
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tags. You can have any old tags you've
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got or you can get some free printable
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ones on my website, Christine's Crafts.
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And then we're going to get started. So,
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all you need is your gift tag and some
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fabric. So, I'm just going to start by
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cutting a rectangle of fabric just so
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that it fits on the square bit of my
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tag. I don't want to cover the hole
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because obviously I'm going to attach a
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string to that later. Now, once I've got
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my rectangle, I do rather like to fray
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the edges. You don't have to, but if you
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want to, you just get a needle or a pin
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and push it into the fabric near the
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edge. You only want to take one or two
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threads off at a time, otherwise you're
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getting a bit of a tangle. And you can
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do that all the way around just to make
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a really nice effect. Again, this is
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optional, but h I do like it. And you
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can go as far as you like. You could
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have some really long fondy edges if you
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wanted to. I'm just doing a little bit,
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but that's personal choice. And then
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something to put over the top. I'm going
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to use these pretty Christmas lights
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from an old kit. But to be honest, you
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could do triangles as Christmas trees.
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You could just do squares, rectangles.
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You'll see on my tags that I showed you
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that there are loads of different ideas.
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And then you can either glue it in place
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or sew it in place. And all you need if
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you want that sewing effect is a little
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running stitch around the edge. Really
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quick, really simple. I'm using
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embroidery thread, but you could use any
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thread you've got. Obviously, golds and
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silvers would look amazing, but really
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hard to work with. So, any thread you've
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got, then just finish it off and then
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stick it on. You could use glue, but to
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be honest, I found the easiest is a
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little bit of double-sided tape. And
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then it's on and it'll stay. And then
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all that will be left to do is to add a
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string. You could use ribbon, twine. I'm
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using embroidery thread. It really
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doesn't matter. Depends what effect you
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would like. So, here you go. Lots of
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different ones, lots of different ideas.
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Enjoy making your own Christmas gift
