DIY Decoration.

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Badminton heart by Kristen Sutcliffe from New House Project

There are lots of these cool vintage-looking badminton racquets at my neighborhood thrift store, so I had the idea to make some wall decoration for my daughter's room.  I used many colors of embroidery thread that I already had at home.  You could make a simple image or your child's initial.  I chose to do a heart.

What you would need:

*various colors of embroidery thread

*wooden badminton racquet 

*embroidery needle

*marker

Step 1:

Decide on your design and sketch it out.  Then use a permanent marker to mark your design onto the racquet.

Step 2:

Cut a yard or so of embroidery thread.

Step 3:

Tie the thread into a knot on the racquet.  Leave a two inch tail of thread so that you can tie the other end off when you are finished wrapping.

Step 4:

Continue wrapping thread onto the racquet until the area of your design is completely filled in.  Change colors of thread as often as you like.  A needle isn't completely necessary, but it made the job go more quickly for me.

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