How To Insert Your Needlepoint Into a Hanging Ornament

Hanging ornament in pale green

Watch the video for instructions for placing your stitched needlepoint securely into this vertical hanging ornament, or any other product with a 3M adhesive strip.

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Here are step by step instructions:

  1. Block your canvas is you need to to ensure it is a true rectangle.
  2. Make sure you have stitched enough of the canvas to fill the opening. This is the most important step. Measure the opening and your stitched canvas. 
  3. Trim the canvas all the way around, 1-2 canvas rows (approximatly 5mm) away from the stitching. 
  4. Use a blunt knife to loosen up the edges where the needlepoint needs to tuck under. This will help you ease the needlepoint in under these flaps.
  5. Score an X in the 3M paper, using a sharp knife or box cutter.
  6. Peel away all the 3M paper covering to expose the adhesive.
  7. Line up the stitched design so it is straight and centered, and press it firmly to the adhesive working from the center outwards
  8. Use a blunt tool, like a butter knife, to ease the canvas edges beneath the lip of the ornament. Tuck them under all the way around.
  9. Admire!