{"id":3755,"date":"2016-12-02T08:59:13","date_gmt":"2016-12-02T16:59:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.terryaskeartquilts.com\/Studio\/?p=3755"},"modified":"2016-12-02T08:59:13","modified_gmt":"2016-12-02T16:59:13","slug":"mistletoe-postcard-exchange-2016-12-02","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.terryaskeartquilts.com\/Studio\/2016\/12\/02\/mistletoe-postcard-exchange-2016-12-02\/","title":{"rendered":"Mistletoe postcard exchange – 2016.12.02"},"content":{"rendered":"

In December 2014, I participated in a Snowflake<\/a> fiber postcard exchange organized by Brandy Lynn of Quilter on Fire<\/a>.\u00a0 It was a lot of fun to make the postcards, and even more fun to receive<\/a> postcards in the mail.<\/p>\n

\"Terry<\/a>\u00a0 \"Snowflake<\/a><\/p>\n

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Brandy has organized another exchange this year, with a Mistletoe theme.\u00a0 I signed up to make 3 postcards.\u00a0 Here they are.<\/p>\n

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Here’s how I made them.\u00a0 Note that throughout the construction process, I used parchment paper when pressing to avoid fusing pieces to my iron.\u00a0 Click on any photo to see a larger image.<\/p>\n

I used a firm double-sided fusible stabilizer, and wrapped the background fabric around to the back.\u00a0\u00a0 For the leaves, I applied Mistyfuse to the back of small pieces of dark green and chartreuse dupioni silk. \u00a0 I drew mistletoe leaves on freezer paper, cut out the shapes and ironed them to the front of the silk.\u00a0 Then I cut around the freezer paper.\u00a0 I positioned the leaves on the postcard, then fused the darker leaves.<\/p>\n

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Then I positioned the chartreuse leaves with the red ribbon under the stem.\u00a0 I stitched the chartreuse leaves with gold thread.<\/p>\n

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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.\u00a0 I fused the paper to the back, covering the raw edges of the fabric.\u00a0 From the front, I stitched around the edges through all the layers.<\/p>\n

After a final pressing, I tied the ribbon in a bow and added some gemstone stickers as the mistletoe berries.\u00a0 With these embellishments, I’ll have to mail my postcards in envelopes, rather than ‘naked’ through the postal system.<\/p>\n

\"gemstone-stcikers-as-berries\"<\/a>\u00a0 \"terry-aske_mistletoe-postcard-3\"<\/a><\/p>\n

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Thanks for stopping by.\u00a0 I\u2019m linking up with these blogs \u2013 click on the links below, where you\u2019ll find many other creative and inspirational projects.<\/p>\n

\"Creations<\/a>\u00a0 \u00a0 \"Confessions<\/a><\/p>\n

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