I have been wanting to make some cards with fabric and I decided that today was the day! I chose a backer piece of fabric and sewed scraps to it using the raw edge applique technique and one of my decorative stitches to sew them into place. I chose scraps with some blue in them and started on one edge and kept sewing on pieces until I had covered the whole thing. I then cut out petals using the first one that I cut out free hand as a pattern. I only managed 11 petals so you can see that one of my flowers is fuller than the other one because that is how it worked out!! I am good with it!! I dug through the scrap bucket for some green for the stems and leaves and trimmed them a bit to make them work. I stitched the leaves and stems on first using green thread and then used blue thread to stitch on the petals using my sewing machine. I fussy cut some paper buttons (
Torico), watercoloured them and tied them on with white thread. They make wonderful centers for my funky flowers. Really like how they worked out! I stitched all the way around in blue thread as well and then mounted them to yellow card fronts. I added layered punchie greetings (SU -Word Window, Modern Label) with 3D foam tape to finish them off!! These will be sent to my card exchange partners for this month's exchange!!
Therese
