I used some of these little fabric collages that I created a while back to embellish this fabric postcard. I started with a yellow fabric rectangle and positioned the little collages on - four on top and four on the bottom. I stitched them down using a single line of stitching in yellow thread. I added an unfolded length of black bias trim in between and stitched it into place as well. I trimmed a little quote from a sheet of fusible fabric that my sister printed for me on her inkjet printer. I fused it into place over the black bias tape and then hand stitched a flower embellishment to the right of it. The embellishment combines little green silk leaves, a red silk flower with a yellow button center. Next, I embellished all the squares by stitching on some fun pieces - a peach silk flower with a yellow sequin center held in place with yellow seed bead, an little silver leaf embellishment, a little red button, a plastic butterfly embellishment, a white sequin flower with an orange flower sequin center held in place with a yellow seed bead, a silver metal butterfly charm, a little red heart sequin and a gold star sequin layered with a little red flower sequin held in place with a yellow seed bead. I created a backer and stitched it to my front then couched the black fiber braid to the outside edge using a zig zag stitch on my sewing machine. I am really happy with how this one worked out and the little fabric collages are just how I wanted them to look. It is off to my partner for the birthday swap. Therese
Tuesday, March 28, 2017
A fabric postcard that features little fabric collages
I used some of these little fabric collages that I created a while back to embellish this fabric postcard. I started with a yellow fabric rectangle and positioned the little collages on - four on top and four on the bottom. I stitched them down using a single line of stitching in yellow thread. I added an unfolded length of black bias trim in between and stitched it into place as well. I trimmed a little quote from a sheet of fusible fabric that my sister printed for me on her inkjet printer. I fused it into place over the black bias tape and then hand stitched a flower embellishment to the right of it. The embellishment combines little green silk leaves, a red silk flower with a yellow button center. Next, I embellished all the squares by stitching on some fun pieces - a peach silk flower with a yellow sequin center held in place with yellow seed bead, an little silver leaf embellishment, a little red button, a plastic butterfly embellishment, a white sequin flower with an orange flower sequin center held in place with a yellow seed bead, a silver metal butterfly charm, a little red heart sequin and a gold star sequin layered with a little red flower sequin held in place with a yellow seed bead. I created a backer and stitched it to my front then couched the black fiber braid to the outside edge using a zig zag stitch on my sewing machine. I am really happy with how this one worked out and the little fabric collages are just how I wanted them to look. It is off to my partner for the birthday swap. Therese
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I think this is very,very cool. I would like to try this too. Probably won't be as interesting as yours, but would love to try. Great job Therese
ReplyDeleteWhat ever lady got this card should be happy. I love looking at your work and you being in our Trading Fabric Postcards group.
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