Heart-2-Heart Fiber Art Postcard Project is a
wonderful project sponsored by Karey Bresenhan, Director of IQF. The
idea is to recognize, honor, cheer and thank wounded US Soldiers for their
service and sacrifice.
I committed to sending at least 3 postcards.
The receive by deadline is February 7, 2007 and I've got my 3 done, but I'm going to try to do
one more. I figure if I send them Priority Mail on February 1st they should arrive in Texas (just one state over) in plenty of time.
There is no "entry" cost involved and everyone
is invited to participate in this project. If you are interested in
participating, please read all the details by clicking
here.
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True Blue Hearts is my final Heart-2-Heart
postcard. I used Heavyweight
fast2fuse and a variety of techniques on this card, including:
Hand embroidery with El
Molino Rayon (the thick running stitches in blues & white),
beaded embroidery with Finca
perle 12, machine quilting with variegated
Finca perle 16 in the top, and zigzag edging by machine using variegated
Finca perle 16 in the top and bobbin. |
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it's finished...and it has a twin (not identical though). It felt
really good to use up almost all of my tiny yoyos that I made so long
ago. I used
the Heavyweight
fast2fuse for the middle layer and a muslin or light tone on
tone for the postcard back.
On the light background
postcard, I fastened the yoyos together using red
Finca Perle Cotton (size 8) using a primitive stitching method;
then I secured all to the white on ivory fabric. I finished the
edges using a gorgeous medium blue El
Molino rayon thread.
On the dark background
postcard, I fastened the yoyos together using the medium blue El
Molino rayon thread (same one used for edge finish on the
light background card). I used white El Molino to finish the edges
on this card.
Hint for making small yoyos
- A yogurt lid makes a great size template for little yoyos!
While these aren't
"super" arty, they definitely have a comforting feel to
them. I hope the recipients enjoy them. |
I used a Miracle
Chalk chubby crayon to freehand draw my "floating heart/feathers". I have a fat pencil/crayon sharpener (just a little cheapo
plastic one I got from a discount store when purchasing the boys school
supplies) which worked GREAT to give me a nice, sharp point. Not
much pressure is needed and the line lasted as long as I needed it.
A quick blast of steam removed anything leftover.
I hand bead quilted the
design with silver
lined crystal seed beads and Finca
Perle Cotton. I used two layers of flannel for the
"batting layer" which I "Misty
Fuse" basted to my top fabric before hand bead quilting the
design. I loved the Misty Fuse!
It made no noticeable change to the hand of the fabric and needle-ability. Since I hand bead quilted
the design I definitely had a sense of the fabric. I love the look of the bead quilting and the
sparkle when the light hits it "just right". I used a light tone on tone for my postcard back.
The edges are hand finished
in a blanket stitch with luxurious white El
Molino Rayon Thread. |
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