This week's
Iron Craft Challenge is all about LOVE. We were challenged to make a valentine for someone we love. Well I got a little excited and made Valentines for lots of people that I love. It all started last week when I decided to make sewn cards with fabric scraps. The idea was that I could send one with each etsy order, so the recipient could use it (and it would match). Here are my first two:
As you may have noticed, the first one (left) was a bit messy and the scraps were sewn straight onto the card. This left the back of the card looking like a total disaster. By round two, with a little advice from the hubs, I decided to first sew onto an index card, and then sew the card onto the folded card. Then you still see stiches on the card, but not a zillion.
I made a third card that night, much neater thant he previous two! Also, I used a gluestick on the back of the index card before sewing it on... just wanted to keep those thread ends tucked in! Each of these is going to a friend whom I love.
A day or so later came the Iron Craft Valentine Challenge. I wanted to make a few Valentine's for specific people -- with specific fabric. There is school fabric for a teacher friend, traveling / luggage tag fabric for a far away sister, polka dots and hearts for friends closer to home, soccer stuff for my beloved, and wine for one special wine loving cousin of mine!
I am really pleased with the final result! And thankful that Joanns had cards on clearance so I could finally push myself to try this whole sewing on paper thing out. I mean, seriously, I have been wanting to do this for months!!
And because you asked so nicely, here is the back of a card. :)
fun...pretty...and VERY environmentally conscious...
ReplyDeleteNice job, Meg!
Thanks girl! It was definitely a fun project!!
ReplyDeleteThose are too cute! Great idea!
ReplyDeleteOh Em Geeee!! I too have been wanting to try the fabric on card thing. I totally love what you've done...perhaps this will be my new craft now that my shower gift is complete!!
ReplyDeleteAre they just plain white cards from Joanns?
Okay . . I want to see what the backs do look like whn you get them done the way you want it.
ReplyDeleteI have heard of this and thought it would be neat to do also.a
Those are awesome! Super cute.
ReplyDeleteThank you!
ReplyDelete@Jess - they are plain white cards from Joanns.
@Paula - I updated the post with a picture of the back, just for you! :)
Okay, another question . . . do you sew the items on material annd then sew all of it to the cad . . . with material on the inside of the card to catch the threads?
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It is all material :) So I pick on piece, sew it down. then sew the next over it. So if you look at the one with the purple back, I sewed the hot pink first, then the light pink, then the tiny hearts strip and finally the red heart. Once all of that was done, I gluesticked the index card to the regular card and sewed a straight stitch all the way around. Does that make sense?
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