Mistletoe postcard exchange – 2016.12.02

In December 2014, I participated in a Snowflake fiber postcard exchange organized by Brandy Lynn of Quilter on Fire.  It was a lot of fun to make the postcards, and even more fun to receive postcards in the mail.

Terry Aske  Snowflake postcards received

 

Brandy has organized another exchange this year, with a Mistletoe theme.  I signed up to make 3 postcards.  Here they are.

terry-aske_mistletoe-postcards  terry-aske_mistletoe-postcards-with-santa

 

Here’s how I made them.  Note that throughout the construction process, I used parchment paper when pressing to avoid fusing pieces to my iron.  Click on any photo to see a larger image.

I used a firm double-sided fusible stabilizer, and wrapped the background fabric around to the back.   For the leaves, I applied Mistyfuse to the back of small pieces of dark green and chartreuse dupioni silk.   I drew mistletoe leaves on freezer paper, cut out the shapes and ironed them to the front of the silk.  Then I cut around the freezer paper.  I positioned the leaves on the postcard, then fused the darker leaves.

background-fabric-wrapped-to-the-back  fp-leaves-ironed-onto-silk  positioning-leaves

Then I positioned the chartreuse leaves with the red ribbon under the stem.  I stitched the chartreuse leaves with gold thread.

leaves-fused-over-ribbon-stitched

For the back of the postcard, I used the template I designed in Excel in 2014, and printed it on ivory-colored linen-blend paper.  I fused the paper to the back, covering the raw edges of the fabric.  From the front, I stitched around the edges through all the layers.

After a final pressing, I tied the ribbon in a bow and added some gemstone stickers as the mistletoe berries.  With these embellishments, I’ll have to mail my postcards in envelopes, rather than ‘naked’ through the postal system.

gemstone-stcikers-as-berries  terry-aske_mistletoe-postcard-3

 

Thanks for stopping by.  I’m linking up with these blogs – click on the links below, where you’ll find many other creative and inspirational projects.

Creations by Nina-Marie    Confessions of a Fabric Addict

 

 

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2 Responses to Mistletoe postcard exchange – 2016.12.02

  1. Marie McEachern says:

    I love these! Maybe a great project for FAN!

  2. Terry, these are wonderful! I don’t make many postcards — always seem so fussy to do — but you’ve made it look easy!

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