Cross Stitch a Lucky Charm

If you love to cross stitch, and you love St. Patrick's'the heart at the center. Start with the first one at the
Day, or you just love the color green, then try this.top of the clover and the other two on each side of it.
One heart shaped cookie cutterso that their narrow ends meet in the center.
One Potato cut in half.You now have a three leaf clover. Now draw the
Aida cloth, or your preferred cross stitch fabricstem and let dry. Cross Stitch your clover in the green
Lots of green cross stitch threadsof your choice, and you now have a "lucky charm".
Green ink pad or acrylic paint. (make sure the surfaceYou can incorporate this into any type of picture, you
of the potato is dry)could do a collage of them, or you can do a single one.
Press the heart shaped cookie cutter into the potatoHang it in your kitchen for "good luck".
half, and then cut away the rest of the potato, leavingIf you have never done cross stitch, now is a good
yourself a heart shaped stamp.time to learn. Counted cross stitch is easy to learn, and
Dip your potato stamp onto a green stamp pad or afun, you can get some great videos that show you
light layer of acrylic paint, and stamp it onto your clothhands on. Then start creating your own lucky charm.
three times forming a clover with the narrow part of