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Appliqué is a decoration made by attaching one piece of fabric to another. The smaller piece is often cut into a shape, such as a flower or animal, and placed on a larger piece of cloth. Its edges may be sewn, glued, or covered with stitching to keep it in place. Appliqué was originally a decorative way of repairing damaged fabric items.
Appliqué is commonly used on quilts, clothing, bags, and blankets. It can add color, pictures, or patterns without weaving the design into the whole fabric. The word comes from a French word meaning "applied" because one piece is applied to another.
Appliqué is commonly used on quilts, clothing, bags, and blankets. It can add color, pictures, or patterns without weaving the design into the whole fabric. The word comes from a French word meaning "applied" because one piece is applied to another.
Bait is something, usually food, that is used to attract animals so you can catch them. You can use bait to attract anything that moves.
Fish hooks are baited with worms or pieces of smaller fish. mouse traps are baited with cheese or peanut butter.
Fish hooks are baited with worms or pieces of smaller fish. mouse traps are baited with cheese or peanut butter.
A bead is a small, pretty object with a hole through the middle so that many beads can be threaded together to make a chain.
Beads can be made of clay, glass, wood, shells, stone, nuts or in fact anything that looks good and might be nice strung together.
Beads are usually strung into necklaces or bracelets.
Beads can be made of clay, glass, wood, shells, stone, nuts or in fact anything that looks good and might be nice strung together.
Beads are usually strung into necklaces or bracelets.
A bloom might be a single flower, all the flowers on a plant, or the fact that the plant is flowering. The trees in the picture are in full bloom.
Bonsai is a way of pruning and restricting the growth of a plant so it stays very, very small. The shape the plant grows is also changed, often making the plant look like a tiny, old, twisted tree.
Bonsai is achieved with a combination of careful pruning of both the roots and the branches, and using wire to shape the branches as they grow. Keeping the bonsai in a small container keeps the plant small, but great care must be taken so the plant doesn't dry out and die.
Bonsai is achieved with a combination of careful pruning of both the roots and the branches, and using wire to shape the branches as they grow. Keeping the bonsai in a small container keeps the plant small, but great care must be taken so the plant doesn't dry out and die.
A button is a small, usually flat object that you use to keep your clothes shut. Buttons can be made of wood, metal shell or plastic. There is usually some holes through the button or a loop under the button so they can be stitched to your clothes. You fasten a button by passing it through a matching hole.
You go camping when you go away from home, usually to a wilderness area, and stay in a tent. People often go on camping trips on their vacation time.
Canvas is a kind of heavy, plain woven fabric, usually made from cotton or linen. It is used to make sails, tents and other items that need to be made from strong fabric.
Artists like to stretch some canvas over a frame and use it to paint on. A piece of canvas prepared like this is also called a canvas, like the one in the picture.
Artists like to stretch some canvas over a frame and use it to paint on. A piece of canvas prepared like this is also called a canvas, like the one in the picture.
C is for Cellophane
Chalk is a soft, white rock that can be used to draw with on rough surfaces. Chalk is usually sold in small coloured sticks, for drawing on blackboards and sidewalks.
Charcoal is a soft black substance that is left after something is burnt. You can use charcoal to draw with, like in the picture. Charcoal is messy, and you have to be careful not to get black fingerprints on everything when you are working with it.
Charcoal is also used as the name for a color that is very dark grey, almost black.
Charcoal is also used as the name for a color that is very dark grey, almost black.
Compost is vegetable matter, rotted down so it can be used to fertilize and improve soil. You can make your own compost from lawn clippings, newspaper, food scraps and fallen leaves. Compost is best kept slightly moist, and turned regularly to aerate it. Worms in your compost will really help the composting process along, as the worms eat the food scraps and their castings become part of the compost.
C is for Cross stitch
