I was making such good progress on the postcards that I finished them yesterday between football games. I used 2 different tree silhouette patterns and 3 different backgrounds. I felt like the edges needed to be as solid as the trees. In other words, not a stitched edge. I cut 1/2 inch strips of fused fabric and wrapped it around the edges fusing it in place. This wasn't particularly easy but I like how it looks. After the edges were fused and trimmed I topstitched all the way around to make sure it stayed in place.
I made a dozen of these cards simply because that's how many trees I was able to cut from my black fabric. I'll use them for birthday cards and cards for our Airbnb guests so they won't last long. If you want to see how these were made check out yesterday's post.
Pamela North
1/23/2017 08:50:11 pm
They look wonderful on the graded colours. 1/24/2017 08:08:07 am
I have done a fused binding like that and it is a bit finicky. 1/24/2017 08:14:33 am
Wouldn't a quilt with a forest of these trees look terrific?
patty
1/24/2017 11:04:02 am
The postcards turned out 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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