Sunday, March 28, 2010

New Fabric Postcards




I decided to make a few (12) more fabric postcards to sell or use as greeting cards. I used the same technique of strip piecing gradations of one/two colors but laid the strips on the diagonal. I used the same pattern pieces from the quilts in my last post to create the eyes and nose. I embellished the eyes with glitter nail polish (hooray for OPI and Creative Nail polish!!!) and finished the edges with a decorative stitch and Sulky Blendables thread. I do six at a time so it's not a Oshkosh B'Gosh factory job flashback!! They are filled with Fast2Fuse and I used a beige batik on the back because the batik doesn't have a transparency like some solid woven fabrics do. I keep the background fabric very simple so if the card is actually used as a postcard with writing the lettering is visable. These postcards are easy to complete and you feel like you accomplished something in a short amount of time.

4 comments:

  1. how much are they going to be. and i saw your lovely quilt at lancaster pa. this pass weeknend. i just love it. i also love the way you quilted the quilt.

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  2. These are great! You could shrink them down and make wonderful ATCs with this idea!

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  3. Very cool indeed. I googled fabric postcards and saw these. Just want to stop by and say hi. I have a fabric postcard blog. www.postypals.blogspot.com
    Come by some time and say Hi.

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