The other night, I had lots of fun doing something new with my sewing machine. It
started out of necessity, as I had to send a birthday card to a friend urgently, and had nothing in the house that was at all suitable. So, I thought I'll make one. I used
scraps of fabric, shoved the darning foot on my machine, et voila!
I only needed to make one card, but it was such fun, and rather addictive. With each card, I got a little bit better - I just couldn't stop.
The original card that inspired my play isn't pictured as I had to send it off asap. But I'm rather glad now that I had nothing suitable to send. I won't be buying cards for a while at least, till the novelty wears off!
I had such a lovely time playing with sewn cards. They do take a little thought and care, though: my tip would be to sew onto a backing fabric or card, and then attach that to the card-stock; that way you hide the wrong side of the stitches inside your card. I didn't at first, so I got around this by gluing tissue paper on the inside of the cards to hide stitching. Also, the paper/card will ruin your needles so use old worn-out ones.
Have you tried machine embroidery? One day I'd like to try it on some clothing, when I have a little more control over my machine!
ohhh, pretty!! I'm so glad you've made 'non-girly' versions - very inspiring!! I do love the tardis & flags & those birds, divine ;)
ReplyDeleteI can see more male versions coming up too. Maybe a bottle of wine? Or some fabulous monsters!
DeleteYes!! Yes!! Yes!! ;)
DeleteTheses are lovely! So cute! I need to give this a try.
ReplyDeleteDo try it, I thought it would be difficult, but it wasn't it was just fun.
ReplyDeleteThese are so sweet! I haven't tried anything like this, though I have been thinking lately that I must try out some different embellishments in dressmaking. I'd love to receive a card like this! A monsters version would be great :)
ReplyDeleteOh my goodness, these are adorable! Really whimsical! I've never done any machine embroidery, and don't feel an inclination to do so. With that being said, I love all things art, and these cards are Art. Something I could get into trying.
ReplyDeleteThat's kind, just a bit of fun really. But the finished cards are rather lovely.
ReplyDeleteOh, they're just so sweet! What a great idea. And what a perfect justification for keeping scraps!
ReplyDeleteI do need to curb my habit of bagging up all my scraps-it's getting out of hand. But I do try and keep the really pretty bits "just in case".
DeleteOMG! I adore these cards! So pretty. I a fantastic idea...........will have to try it out!
ReplyDeleteThank you very much.
DeleteCute cards! I make all my cards too (so much cheaper than buying them!) but I always have trouble thinking of what to put on cards for men, you've given me a couple of ideas now - thank you!
ReplyDeleteMen can be tricky for cards even when you buy them! I didn't think of the cost, but your right these would have been very cheap to make. And I hope a little nicer than shop bought. At least people will see I've gone to a bit of effort for them as well. Thank you
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