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Valentine's Day Fabric Postcard

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How to make a fabric postcard for Valentine's Day that can actually go through the post/mail
 
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Step 1Materials and tools

Materials and tools
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Materials to make one card

one piece of  6" x 4" of thick, stiff interfacing  ( I use Timtex™ or fast2fuse® )
two 6" x 4" pieces of fusible web such as Bondaweb or  Steam-a -seam (not required if using fast2fuse)
one 6" x 4" piece of plain white cotton fabric
scraps of red, white and/or pink cotton fabric
pieces of red, white and/or pink ribbon
decorative hearts etc.
heart or other romantic rubber stamps
a postage stamp

Tools

a stamp pad with red permanent ink
a Pigma pen (or similar fine permanent pen)
scissors and/or rotary cutter, ruler & mat
ruler
iron & ironing board
baking parchment

sewing machine & thread (zig-zag and decorative stitching capability very useful)
and/or
needle and thread



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7 comments
Feb 18, 2012. 7:45 PMblossom9283 says:
This is great, I think I might make these to leave in the home for unexpected notes to my family members. I'm adding it to my ToDo list on my scrapping blog (www.funtimescrapping.com)!!
Jan 24, 2012. 12:26 AMrainbowlory says:
what a great job....... i love the whole idea..... thanks for sharing!!!
Apr 28, 2010. 5:00 PMLittleWolf says:
 These are very creative and they look very nice and professional. Thanks for sharing the idea!
Feb 17, 2010. 2:18 PMJayefuu says:
I like your cats :D They were cool.

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Wife of one, mother of three & now a grandmother too! I enjoy making things and cooking edible things and eating them. aka on IRC as AstroMom