Every year I have made the Christmas cards to hand out at church. Here is this year's card and the process I used to create them.
You could say it is an upcycled project because a piece of a shear curtain was used to make these cards. enJOY
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Tuesday Tutorial
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pieces of paper the size of the card
were used
for designing space.
The size of the star was determined
and drawn
as well as determining the size of fabric needed.
just drawing a simple star that would be stitched.
I poked holes at the intersections,
so they could be marked on the card
with a heat sensitive pen.
a larger than 3 inch wide blue strip
and a larger than 2 inch wide white (shear curtain) strip were
cut, overlapped and stitched.
a snow scenery.
Pieces were roughly cut larger than the
folded card stock
and the heat sensitive pen
marked in the holes.
Then I was able to stitch from one hole to another
without drawn lines.
My spools of gold thread were bought way back
several years ago.
I hear the thread is better quality these days.
I had it to shred a few times.
I quickly learned not to let my thread cutter
cut the thread, and instead
pull the thread away from machine and cut.
This enabled the machine to start with longer threads
which it liked doing better.
When the thread shread and broke,
it was better to do a total rethread.
Yes, it was a bit fussy,
but the job was done patiently.
The card was then trimmed of excess fabric.
The free Open Office Word processor
was used
creating 3 columns
to make the following
Bible verse to sew on the card.
across the top and bottom in white thread.
After the black dots were ironed away,
then the card was closed and stitched
around all four edges in white thread
making the card become like a post card that
would not need an envelope.
Do you know how hard it is to
photography sheer fabric
without it looking blurred?
Such a lovely design and using the sheer curtain was inspired. I'm sure your church family was delighted with your gift.
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