Pomander Ball
Lemons, oranges and apples studded with cloves brought sunny colours and sweet, spicy scents into pioneer homes at Christmastime — and made welcome gifts. Hung with ribbon, they were used to freshen closets or brighten holiday greenery.
Materials:
- An apple, orange, or lemon
- A felt marker
- Whole cloves
- A toothpick
- Scissors
- Narrow ribbon
Directions:
- Trace around your mug or bowl onto the material.
- Cut out the circle you have drawn.
- Sew around the edge of the circle using a running stitch, but don't clip the thread ends — just take out the needle.
- Trace around the curtain ring onto the cardboard, then cut around it.
- Stick the card to one side of your curtain ring with glue.
- Take the material, and pull the thread tight.
- Stuff the material "bag" with the batting until it is full and round, then pull the thread until the bag is closed.
- Glue the stuffed ball onto the curtain ring and wait for it to dry. Now stick a pin in it — you're done!
Pioneer Christmas Crafts, text © 1999 by Heather Patterson and Joanna Rice. Photographs by Wally Randall and illustrations by Susan Gardos are copyright © 1999 by Scholastic Canada Ltd.
