This note is in regards to a project supplied by Nic Bridges, which you can find on this site by searching for 'fabric postcards'.

Fabric Postcards have in recent years become popular in art quilting circles as a wonderful way to collect miniature artworks made by quilting friends. They have been swapped among internet groups and quilting guilds, made in the thousands to raise money for worthy causes, sent to friends to celebrate all sorts of occasions and given as a personal gift to someone special.

Their small size, usually 4” x 6” or 5” x 7”, makes them an achievable way to try out a new technique or a handy take-along handwork project while travelling or waiting to pick up children from sports, etc. They are also a fantastic way to use up those last precious snippets of favourite fabrics, leftover off-cuts from fusing projects, all those lovely odds and ends that are too nice to throw away.

I like to use Timtex as a firm base for my postcards, although a combination of thin batting and buckram is equally successful. Plain fabric can be fused to the back and written on with fabric pens, or you can use printed watercolour paper postcard backs (available from art suppliers) for a postcard that is easier to write on. Many people will actually post them just like a normal postcard with no envelope, but I am not so brave and prefer to send them safely tucked in an envelope where they will not be damaged.

When it comes to the front, that’s where the art is - let your imagination run wild!! No need to be scared that your idea won’t work out or might not look as good as you imagined - the small scale gives you the freedom to try out those ideas without a daunting investment of time or materials.

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