Snowflakes – 2014.11.29

Brandy Lynn of Brandy Lynn Designs has organized another fiber postcard exchange – theme: Snowflakes.  (I missed the summer Maple Leaf exchange, so when I saw the announcement for this one, I signed up right away.)

I decided to go with a gold and black color scheme, and a modern look.  I cut narrow strips from several gold fabrics and sewed them together.  I drew the snowflake shape on fusible web which I fused to the back of the black fabric.  Then I cut out the snowflake shape and used the positive shape on one postcard, and the negative shape on the other.  I straight-line stitched around the snowflakes with a gold and black variegated rayon thread.

I haven’t made fabric postcards before, so I checked out a few online tutorials.  Monika at My Sweet Prairie Studio has a really good one, with lots of great tips – like using white thread in the bobbin so it won’t show through the backing – which I never would have thought of!  After making a couple of prototypes, I decided I would wrap the fabric from the front to the back, then I wouldn’t have to deal with the tedious job of finishing the edges.

For the back of the postcard, I designed it in Excel, then printed it on some ivory-colored linen-blend paper that I happened to have.  I fused the paper to the back, covering the raw edges of the fabric.  Then I stitched around the edges through all the layers.

I had lots of fun making these, and will definitely enter more postcard exchanges in the future!

Thanks for stopping by.  Today, I’m linking up with these blogs – click on the links below, where you’ll find many other creative and inspirational projects.