All of the 2021 Christmas cards are done! With all 3 designs this year I started with a specific fabric and built the design from there. That's also true with this ornament arrangement. I think that Paula Nadelstern's fabrics really lend themselves to Christmas designs so I use these fabrics almost every year. I made 30 of these cards so I started by cutting out 90 individual ornaments from pre-fused fabric and I found a beautiful teal silk for the background. This photo doesn't really do the silk justice. These were complex enough that I had to do some planning for the construction phase. I had to start with the big ornament. I fused and stitched that ornament and it's hanger before fusing on the 2 smaller ornaments because the oblong ornament overlapped the hanger of the big one. On my sample card I first stitched the hanger with just a zig-zag stitch but it really wasn't heavy enough. I found this thread/yarn/whatever in the Cabinet of Possibilities. This is from Madeira and is over 20 years old. It was called Lame' and I have it in 6 colors. I rarely use it but sometimes, like now, I'm really glad I have it! To make the hanger I doubled the Lame' and stitched with a zig zag from the edge of the card to the top of the ornament. I made sure that I had a 1"ish loop of excess at the ornament. Then I lifted the presser foot and used 2 tweezers to pull the loop up to the needle to create the bow. Then I turned the card sideways to zig zag a couple of stitches over the bow. Success! A bow! Now I have 78 cards that need to get addressed. My goal is to have them all in the mail by Monday.
Kristin F
12/9/2021 01:49:10 pm
You are so clever! Lovely cards. 12/9/2021 02:30:35 pm
VERY clever!! - and another batch of beautiful cards - ;)) 12/9/2021 06:20:26 pm
They look so pretty all piled neatly. Do you watch them hand cancel all of the cards at the PO?
Sandra
12/10/2021 12:00:41 am
Your cards are lovely. I look forward to seeing them every year. For my part, I feel stressed just choosing the right photos and right card design!
patty
12/10/2021 07:53:05 am
That was an ingenious way to make the bows! Beautiful cards! 12/10/2021 08:48:06 am
That is really clever - I'm not sure I could do that tweezer thing as well as you did, but you rocked it!
Gene Black
12/10/2021 08:54:15 am
Those are so clever. The Nadelstern fabrics really pop as ornaments.
Sylvia Anderson
12/10/2021 09:36:15 am
Well Vicki, I think you have outdone yourself this year, especially with the elegant ornament card I'm sure it looks even more elegant in person, where you can see their true colors. I hope everyone on your card list appreciates and treasures them as mini works of art. 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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