1. BIRDHOUSE GIFT BASKET
Tuck small plants or a gift inside. This charming basket
will look lovely perched on a shelf or windowsill.
■ Design by Cynthia Roberts INSTRUCTIONS 4. Stitch four roofs and two handles
1. From clear plastic canvas, cut all in ecru. Stitch fence in white. Overcast
SIZE
pieces as shown except fence. Cut one edges of roofs in colors indicated on
91⁄4 x 63⁄8 x 21⁄2 inches,
bottom 15 x 55 holes. Bottom remains graphs. Overcast edges of handle with
excluding handles
unstitched. Cut fence from white hunter green.
MATERIALS plastic canvas.
• 7-count plastic canvas: 5. Glue hunter green-trimmed roofs to
2. Work only front of birdhouse basket
2 sheets clear front and back of dark brown house,
as indicated on graph. Reverse second
1
⁄2 sheet white overlapping house about 1⁄4 inch. Repeat
piece, then cover back entirely with
• Tapestry needle with dark brown-trimmed roofs on
Slanting Gobelin Stitch over two inter­
• Worsted weight or plastic canvas hunter green house, covering side of roof
sections, using hunter green for shorter
yarn: on dark brown house as shown.
house and dark brown for taller house.
26 yards hunter green
3. Stitch each side in color indicated. 6. Glue a handle to front of each bird­
18 yards dark brown
Whipstitch hunter green side to hunter house on outside edge of peak, with
12 yards ecru
2 yards white green house and dark brown side to about a 11⁄2-inch overlap. Repeat for
2 yards black dark brown house, matching colors. back of birdhouse. Glue fence to front of
1 yard red Whipstitch bottom in place matching hunter green birdhouse. ❖
• Hot glue gun colors to houses.
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Birdhouse Side
15 holes x 26 holes
Cut 2
Stitch 1 as shown
Stitch 1 replacing hunter green
with dark brown
Birdhouse Gift Basket Front & Back
COLOR KEY
55 holes x 38 holes
Plastic Canvas Yarn
Cut 2, reverse 1
■ Hunter green
Stitch 1 as shown
■ Dark brown
Stitch 1 with small house entirely in
■ Ecru
hunter green and taller house entirely in
■ White
dark brown Slanting Gobelin Stitches
■ Black
■ Red
From Plastic Canvas World Magazine, September 2001, Vol. 10, No. 5, Pages 14 and 15, Copyright 2001 Plastic Canvas World Magazine

2. Cut 1 from white plastic canvas
Birdhouse Gift Basket Fence
28 holes x 14 holes
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Gift Basket Handle
70 holes x 4 holes
Cut 2
Dark Brown Birdhouse Roof
24 holes x 24 holes Hunter Green Birdhouse Roof
Cut 2 COLOR KEY 25 holes x 25 holes
Plastic Canvas Yarn Cut 2
■ Hunter green
■ Dark brown
■ Ecru
■ White
■ Black
■ Red
From Plastic Canvas World Magazine, September 2001, Vol. 10, No. 5, Pages 14 and 15, Copyright 2001 Plastic Canvas World Magazine