Fabric Postcards

I mailed this to my husband several years ago; still sits in his office

My favorite quilt shop in Atlanta (Intown Quilters) sent their newsletter announcing upcoming classes and one of them is a fabric postcard swap. How fun! I taught a workshop several years ago on making these little gems and I want to share some of my creations here.

I used a tiny yo-yo in the postcard at the top of the page.

Bits and pieces of trim and rick rack add some pizzazz to a card. Notice that I use a decorative/blanket stitch along the edges. That's how I join it to a cardstock backing.

Don't you just love this dancing groundhog?

Tiny bits of trim and fuzzy yarn; wool felt packages

And a few others . . .

My daughter bought me a pair of green sneakers and I sent this to thank her!

 I wore those Saucony Jazz Edge sneakers every day for years. Still have them and love putting them on with some jeans. Very fun.

Then how about using a specialty edge rotary blade to trim the postcard? I straight stitched around the sides first. Used freezer paper to cut the "picture frame"; added fusible webbing to back of red fabric. And yes, there is batting in there. So, this is quilt related!

An excellent way to capture a novelty print

And more, using paper piecing. . .

Little 3" paper pieced boat; sewing machine letters

Here is a jpg of the boat block. Not sure how it translates on your end, but I hope to get some uploaded in pdf:

One of my paper pieced trees

I still have this; postage on back is $.39, so you know it was several years ago!

Now I'm going down to the basement to find the 2 dozen postcards I received in a swap several years ago. Some of them are so awesome and true works of art. I'll take pics and put them up soon.

Hope you enjoyed seeing some of my postcards!