After I finished quilting Antelope Canyon I've been slowly quilting out a bunch of thread trees on the excess batting and backing an the edges of the quilt. These will be for one of my Christmas card designs. I finally finished them off last night and was able to take the quilt off the frame. Now I have a lot of cutting to do. These are from the last batch that I stitched out a few months ago.....you know I don't like my Christmas card-making to become a last minute thing! I started these in the summer. I'm growing quite a nice forest. The best part of this is that it was a great opportunity to clean out some bobbins. I bet I emptied at least 20 bobbins stitching out these trees. Let's not forget the other thread that I've used. I used the blue on Antelope Canyon and the other 2 on the trees. There's just enough left to stitch the trees to the postcards and to bind Antelope Canyon. Oh, I do love an empty cone of thread. I started playing around a bit with the layout. I'm thinking about using some of my waste fabrics for the background and stitching on a few beads. These should go together quickly.
Now I just need 2 more design ideas for the rest of the cards.
Nancy
10/19/2018 01:33:31 pm
Your cards are always such works of art! Lucky recipients!!
Gene Black
10/20/2018 06:52:37 am
I really like the thread trees. It is a great way to use up the excess in a totally artistic way.
shirley swift-bruner
10/20/2018 08:51:30 am
I love your thread trees. those are going to make cute cards.
patty
10/22/2018 07:18:31 am
Those are going to be cute postcards! Using up those bits of thread and fabric is a good thing!
Mary Anne
10/27/2018 12:20:57 pm
hmmm....not sure about loving empty spools of thread....aren't full ones more fun? Just to contemplate what you might do with them? Either way - your forest is looking great. Comments are closed.
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I'm Vicki Welsh and I've been making things as long as I can remember. I used to be a garment maker but transitioned to quilts about 20 years ago. Currently I'm into fabric dyeing, quilting, Zentangle, fabric postcards, fused glass and mosaic. I document my adventures here. Categories
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