Valentine's Day Fabric Postcard by lizzyastro
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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 1: 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



blossom9283 says: Feb 18, 2012. 7:45 PM
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)!!
lizzyastro (author) says: Feb 19, 2012. 2:34 AM
Thanks, they are fun to do and I have received such a variety of different styles when I have taken part in swaps.
rainbowlory says: Jan 24, 2012. 12:26 AM
what a great job....... i love the whole idea..... thanks for sharing!!!
LittleWolf says: Apr 28, 2010. 5:00 PM
 These are very creative and they look very nice and professional. Thanks for sharing the idea!
lizzyastro (author) says: Apr 29, 2010. 8:43 AM
Thank you - you are most welcome.  I just did some floral ones using fused Angelina fibre, they were fun too.
Jayefuu says: Feb 17, 2010. 2:18 PM
I like your cats :D They were cool.
lizzyastro (author) says: Feb 18, 2010. 12:44 PM
Only Smokey chose to join me for this project, the other two were being anti-social.
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