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US 4,156,308 AGranted
Method of making a decorative article from pine needles
OwnerHelen L. Gebhartinventor
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Abstract
A method of making a basket-like or other decorative article from pine needles comprising the steps of twisting and arranging pine needles, stitching the pine needles with a sewing needle and thread, so as to form a surface or wall, forming a basket-like object, the outer and inner surfaces of which are sealed with a protective coating, such as varnish.
Claims10
A method of making a decorative article from thread and a plurality of fresh pine needles, each pine needle having a head joining the ends of a plurality of straws, comprising the steps of:
- (a) twisting a pine needle spirally about its head to form a spiral having a plurality of turns and having an edge;
- (b) inserting a sewing needle threaded with said thread near the center of said spiral;
- (c) drawing said thread partially through said spiral;
- (d) grasping said thread on the side of said spiral remote from the sewing needle;
- (e) stitching with said sewing needle radially outwardly of said spiral to form a plurality of stitches which meet;
- (f) alternately turning said spiral, incorporating additional pine needles about the edge of said spiral, and stitching said additional straw to said spiral to form an augmented spiral;
- (g) repeating the preceding step a plurality of times to form a disc having an axis and a periphery located equidistant from said axis.
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