How to Finish Star Needlepoint Ornaments

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A next step after mastering rectangles, stars offer a perfect practice shape.
Finishing a needlepoint star is a great next step after mastering finishing rectangles and squares. With a rectangle and a square, you’ve mastered finishing a right-angle exterior cut.
With a star, you’ll master interior cuts and acute angles of the star points. If you don’t want to dive in on a stitched ornament, create one using blank canvas to practice. Simply trace a star onto canvas (18 mesh is easier to finish with).
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[@EmilyM-b3q]

Really great video for irregular shapes! Do you lace the fabric the same way as the canvas? And do you essentially follow the same cuts on the fabric tabs as you do the canvas cuts?

[@susancook3417]

What type of mat board did you use? Thanks

[@BarbaraHead-y1l]

what is that small tool called to help hide the canvas?