Fabric postcards

By Spotlight

Now you can try your hand at one of Nic Bridges’ designs for a Christmas postcard.

Final Result

Materials

• Timtex interfacing
• hot pink cotton fabric for front
• white cotton fabric for back
• Vliesofix fusible web
• chalk marking pencil
• lime green thread
• gold metallic thread
• green glass seed beads (No 8)
• scissors
• rotary cutter, cutting mat & quilters ruler
• iron
• sewing machine
• hand needle

Step 1

Using the rotary cutter, cutting mat and quilters ruler cut a 6” x 4” rectangle from the Timtex, the pink fabric and the white fabric. Cut two 6” x 4” rectangles from the Vliesofix and iron one to the back of the pink fabric and one onto the back of the white fabric.

Step 2

Trace the tree lightly onto the pink fabric with the chalk pencil. Remove the release paper from the back of the pink fabric and fuse in place on the Timtex.

Step 3

Use free motion quilting with lime green thread to draw the tree on your postcard. Change to metallic thread to add wavy lines of ‘tinsel’ and a star at the top.

Step 4

Stitch seed beads at random all over the tree for Christmas baubles.

Step 5

Fuse the white fabric to the back of the postcard, to cover the back of your stitching and any knots. Use a zigzag or satin stitch in green thread to cover the edges of the postcard.

Note

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