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I made it all day yesterday without a nap. That's a major milestone and it's good because I'm teaching all day today at The Longarm Network and it would be nice not to need a nap there. Wonder what they would think if I brought a yoga mat and rolled it out in the floor for an afternoon nap like when I was in 1st grade? I thought about starting to mark my mandala fabric today but I felt that it needed more math ability than I was capable of. So it seemed logical to start something else....some postcards. I need some new ones for guests and birthday cards. While roaming the web over the past week I found a new quilt made by Rachel Derstine and thought the technique would be great for new postcards. With her permission I moved on to start making a much simpler postcard version. First step was to draw some tree designs.  I drew some 4 x 6 squares on scrap paper and drafted some ideas. These 2 were rejects.  These 2 passed muster. Now I needed to transfer the design to my fused fabric. Since these are on regular paper I quickly found out that tracing around them wasn't going to work well.  I remembered that I had some ink pads and, surprisingly, they are still working! Stamping over the tree shapes gave me a perfect outline for cutting them out. I have a fat quarter of the black fabric and will get 12 trees cut out of it. This is a project that I'll work on while watching TV this weekend.  I'm using some of my "waste fabrics" for the background. These aren't fused yet. I just wanted to see how they will look. I'll finish cutting out trees before I start putting them all together.
Becky in VA
1/21/2017 12:07:59 pm
Glad you are feeling better. LOVE your tree postcards. 1/21/2017 02:23:14 pm
I kind of like the design made with the stamp pad around the trees. I think they would look good cut squared off and use color thread for the trunks.
Kristin F
1/21/2017 03:31:32 pm
This is interesting. I have never seen the quilt shown in your link, but a number of months ago I had a dream of seeing a motif of trees that looked very much like this, with intertwining branches. I made a rough sketch of it the next day. Looking forward to see what you do with this. 1/21/2017 03:34:23 pm
I love your trees and backgrounds. There is a tree across the street from my Mom's front porch that has a shape that I love. I think I will make a small "tree quilt" for myself.
elle
1/21/2017 04:14:47 pm
Great movement in the trees
Pamela North
1/21/2017 05:51:39 pm
The intertwining and curved branches look great.
Linda
1/21/2017 11:01:56 pm
The tree shapes are quite nice. I like seeing tree "bones" in the winter. When I lived in NVA, my office faced a wooded park. Loved looking out at all the interestingly (is that a word?) shaped bare trees. 1/22/2017 07:59:10 am
I've just begun following you, and I'm really enjoying your posts. What a great idea, using a stamp to get the pattern on the fabric. I like the trees! 1/22/2017 12:53:04 pm
Very clever way to transfer the outline! I like the reverse image, too, with the dark trees and light stamping all around it.
patty
1/23/2017 10:30:45 am
I am glad you are feeling better and getting your strength back. Love the tree postcards! The backgrounds against the black trees is stunning! 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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