I’ve been developing another couple of appliqué patches over the last few days. Read back last week for more on this mini project. The appliqué idea is the last part of the Stitch Story Project. Hopefully, I will be able to get all the little ‘sub projects’ finished this week and share my completed project next week. You can find all the background to the Stitch Story Project on the blog.
My last appliqué patches are also to be used to make greetings cards for a forthcoming Making Workshop later this week. I’ve tried a few different ideas for the appliqué part and am experimenting with how to add words for the actual greeting element. I’ve made three samples for the cards. The first one, I shared last week (you can check it out here). The next two are almost there.
The new samples are based on flower ideas. I’ve used Bondaweb (an iron on fusing fabric) to stabilise a printed cotton fabric square, cut out the flower shapes and ironed onto a plain backing patch. Parts of the petal/flower shapes have been machine stitched. I’ve also used hand embroidery and beads for elements of the right hand sample. Both samples have a machined border to finish the edges. The sample on the right will get a ink stamped message on the little cotton tape before machine stitching in place. I’m not sure what message ? - possibly Hello ? The left hand sample has an embroidered ‘Thank You’. Each sample will be attached to a blank white card using double sided tape.
These samples would both allow for a quick batch style production for greetings cards, especially the left hand sample. The right hand sample could also use machine stitching for the embroidered parts which would make the assembly much quicker. The stamped tape message idea also gives lots of flexibility for making different types greetings cards. Both samples could also be embellished in different ways to make very special cards. Generally, the experiments have worked well.
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