4x4 Holiday Designs

St. Patrick's Day Heart with Shamrocks

Wonderful Snow Globe Commemorating A Pet

This is beginning of our Pets Series , We start with a Snow Globe for your lost pet or for a gift to a friend who recently lost a pet .  A nice way to show you care and remember. To make this design here are the color info how to complete.

To make a globe:

 Color 1 is placement stitch for the backing of your globe I suggest putting a nice lightweight color to match the colors you will use for the globe base. Or you can just use a nice pale bluish, or dark blue nigt sky color.

Color 2 and 3 are the bottom of the globe the base area . Red and green for Xmas but change them to Silver, Gold or any color that fits your gift design idea.

Color 4 is the Design  and Color 5 is the Snow and Droplets . The snow and droplets are shown as white but if you slow down your machine a silver color on the dark blue background is wonderful once completed.

Color 6 is the Top Bowl area

If you are going to use a plastic type cover on your globe now is the time to lay it down over the globe round area, Color 7 will do the tack stitch to hold it down.

Trim plastic area if needed after tack stitch. The last color 8 will be the satin stitch that goes around the whole design.  If you are going to make a two sided globe then I suggest you make both globes then find a small sponge or fluffy quilt batting or cotton fluff then glue to center of back and then tack the two globes wrong sides together you will then have a puffy snow globe.  You can place a nice Ribbon to make it hanging or just do one  sided globe and put inside a nice inexpensive frame .  Everyone who has ever lost a pet will love this thoughtful and heartfelt gift.