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Tuesday, 26 October 2021

Thursday, 23 September 2021

Fabric postcards.

I have had a few questions and interest about how I make my postcards.

Hope this helps a little.

I start by cutting a piece of bag wadding 6.5” * 4.5” (this will be trimmed later) to 6*4”

I design my picture and assemble by doing QAYG method.

For the ship one I used a solid background. But had fun making the waves.

I made thin bias strips for the waves.

I cut an inch strip of fabric, sew wrong sides together, insert the bias bar, twist so the seam is underneath, iron with a hot iron, trim the excess seam allowance back so it is hidden under the bias and it’s now ready to place on your card or sew wherever you want…..

Working out where to place the waves.

I had fun placing the waves before I did a stay stitch around the edges. I haven’t stitched them down anywhere else.

I had a scrapbooking stamp in the draw so I stamped on to calico

I attached my button before adding the backing. Spray basted the back of the card, attached the calico, trimmed to 4*6” … be careful where you cutting. As you can see I have chopped of part of my ship to get a better balance overall. Chose a fancy satin stitch on my sewing machine.

All ready to write a message and post. I sealed them in a plastic sleeve (for cards) and they mailed with no trouble.

Saturday, 11 September 2021

Postcards & Mug rug swaps.

I have enjoyed being in the QATW swaps.It is fun and exciting to receive special surprises in the mail.

I received a lovely fabric postcard from Tracey.. Cosmcat…

This is the one I am sending off to my partner. It is for October.. Spring time..

I am also making an Autumn mug rug for a swap too. I went with the lovely colours of Autumn.

I made a maple leaf block into a mug rug. But also made the backing in a light coloured fabric so I could write on it as a postcard.

Saturday, 14 August 2021

Hand sewing some Dear Jane & Postcards I have received & made

I finally pulled out my Dear Jane box to see where I was up to. I started these blocks back in 2006. It’s time some more were done.

Here I have started 2 blocks to sit n hand sew on a cold winters day during lockdown.

I have 2 completed blocks

I am in a swap for fabric postcards.

Here are the ones I have received so far

And

The next 3 ,month has started and I have made a new postcard for August and September

Here is August for Bonita.

And September for Pam. They went in the mail this week. Let’s see how long they take to get there.

And because Maria never received her Queens birthday postcard for June which I mailed on 5th May before I went on holidays I sent her a new one.

This was going to Costa Rica

I received my card from Pam as well. It is so cute.

Tuesday, 18 May 2021

Postcard Swap 2

I can’t help myself. I love being part of a swap. This one will last for 12 months. Yep, 12 months. Each month we are to make a special fabric postcard that relates to the month that it should arrive to the recipient. It is started in the USA so they have listed their holidays and celebrations but I can do ones relating to Australia.

I have made a list and have made my first 4.

May - Mother’s Day

A fresh, beautiful pot of flowers. Something I don’t get very often. I printed the background fabric with the script before planning the flowers.

June - Queens birthday

A beautiful photo of the young Queen Elizabeth. Embellished with lace, diamonds, pearls & flowers.

I also printed this photo of the Queen too.

July - Xmas in July

A beautiful snowflake behind the Xmas tree with presents too. This is something I haven’t experienced but would love to one day.

August - Winter...

Playing/ caught in the rain

I have kept one item the same on all the postcards. The month button label. I had a packet of them from my scrap booking days. At least they are getting used now.

Here they are all together.

Now I am ahead at the moment I will have a break before making the next ones. Time to think of the layouts and backgrounds.

This is getting back to the oldPen Pal days. How nice is it to receive Mail in your letter box.

Wednesday, 31 March 2021

QATW and POSTCARD SWAP .....

I joined in with QATW and signed up for a postcard swap. I made 5 postcards and sent them over the seas to the USA and a local one to Brisbane. It was fun to make them.

I only took a photo part way through while I was making them and not when they were completed. Hopefully I can get a photo when they arrive at their new home. These are the ones I made. I decided not to post the selvedge edge one. That’s still sitting here for the next swap.

I decided to stamp a postcard symbol on the calico and attach to the back of the card. A special message from Australia...

I did a fancy pattern around the edge..

When I got back from my special little holiday I had these waiting for me...

I must have known not to send the selvedge one as someone else was making them too. And I received this one from. Robin - RsIslandCrafts - Florida

Robin made hers with card stock on the back with a little message .

Then I got this one from Sheila... in Colorado.

Sheila left the back empty so I can write a message and send it on to someone else. How cute.

The last one I received was from LaDawn in Texas.

How sweet are these hearts. I think they were made around Valentine’s Day. The backing was made with calico and was posted as a normal postcard. It was stamped and arrived as normal. The postmark was dated 22 Feb 2021. It was here by 12 March 2021. Not long at all.