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OR How do I use this book in my

artwork?

airies have become a popular and favorite theme for arts and crafts no

matter what medium you use. A Flower Fairy in a field of daisies is a beau-

tiful subject for tole painting, glass etching or ceramics. A Water Nymph

is ideal for those who enjoy working with needle, thread and woven cloth in

hand. If right now you are stretching paper for your next watercolor work, you

may want to consider a Fairy with brightly colored dragonfly wings.

Woodburners and woodcarvers might do well to consider a Forest Pixie to

adorn a jewelry box or other work in progress. Maybe it’s a Fairy that you want

to adorn the pages of your newest photo scrapbook or to accent a set of scroll

sawed garden stakes for your backyard flowerbed. A Fairy may just be the per-

fect idea for your next appliqué quilt or just the right image to add to your

family Web site. The Fairy theme can be used to accent any arts or crafts proj-

ect today.

I have designed the patterns in this book to be used with any number of arts

and crafts projects. On the following pages you will see how I have altered pat-

terns to include Fairies on wooden heart boxes, in a quilt block, on the pages

of a scrapbook, in needlepoint and on canvas. The chapters in this book will

teach you not how to do a particular art or craft but, instead, how to alter the

patterns to fit your particular art or craft.

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CHAPTER ONE

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