Fabric Postcard Swap

Have you ever made a fabric postcard? They are a fun addictive little quilt, that you can mail. I just made my first one. I am participating in a postcard swap hosted by Elm Street Quilts. The instructions were simple a 4'' by 6'' postcard to be mailed by March 17, mine was mailed more than a week ago and the recipient should have received it already. She did and she loved it!

assorted fabrics

For this exchange, we were supposed to choose one word for the maker to use as inspiration or a prompt. The word I had was 'House'. I did a little sleuthing around to see what the recipient liked, she has an IG account no blog. On her IG feed I quickly saw why she chose the word house as she has several pieces with various houses. 

I pulled some fabrics and started cutting shapes, going a little improv and adding various shapes and sizes. I used Lara's Crafted Applique method for the applique.

 I didn't cut with precision in mind as you can quickly tell from the door. I was totally into artistic license with this little piece, free form all the way. A little snip here a little snip there and the top was ready to stitch. 

thread pull

A simple straight stitch around the edges of the applique pieces to keep applique shapes,  the top and one layer of batting together. I did match thread to the fabric, it left for lots of thread changes but I wanted that matchy effect for this little piece. To put the piece together I used the top with the one layer of batting, a layer of timtex fused to the batting layer and the backing.

thread stitching for the grass

 A little free motion work for the grass and in the sky. Satin stitched the edges for a finished postcard. I did write a note on the back and her address and as such no photo of the back.

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Elm Street Quilts

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