I created this fabric postcard for the birthday swap on my
Trading Fabric Postcards group. I started by creating
the prairie points and worked up my design from there. I stitched them to the edge of an orange strip, pressed them over and added a line of stitching in white to hold them in place. I folded and pressed the other side of my orange strip leaving it about 3/4" wide. Next, I created a navy patterned border from a strip of fabric by just folding it in half and pressing. I laid it on the top edge of my orange strip and stitched it in place. Once I had that created I looked for a piece of fabric that would work for a background for my focal element. I found some green fabric with a bit of floral texture in a darker shade which worked well. I added a layer of batting and stitched several wavy lines across to secure the two together. After laying my focal element on the background I decided to add another layer above my strip in dark green. I cut a strip about 3/4" wide, added fusible webbing to the back and then die cut it with a scalloped Sizzix border die. To finalize my design I positioned my element and then positioned the green strip with the scallops just above it then fused it to my background. I embellished the scallops with orange sequins with green seed beads - one in each scallop and finally adding some blue stitching in each valley. Next, I stamped celebrate (SU) three times in dark blue ink across the orange strip. I applied fusible web to the back of my focal element and fused it below the embellished scallops. I added a white backer and added yet more lines of wavy stitching in between the ones I had created earlier which tighten the visual texture of the background. I applied fusible webbing to strips of green fabric to use as my binding and trimmed strips to fit each side. I lay the strips on the front overlapping about a quarter of an inch and fused it in place. I flipped the postcard over, folded the remainder of the binding strip to the back and fused it into place. I repeated the procedure for the three other sides. Once they were in place, I added two lines of stitching using orange thread to very neatly finish off the binding. A much different look than the last few I have made but I am as happy with it as the others. It is off to my partner in hopes that it will arrive before her birthday!! Therese
