I simply cut the panels out, layered them onto patterned paper and stitched with a wide zig-zag on my machine. I then stuck them to square card blanks and decorated with brads and little gems.
My mum made a load of Christmas cards one year like this. Later on she was laughing at me for changing my sewing machine needle. I asked why and she said she'd changed hers exactly once, that was when the existing one broke. So she sews fabric and paper, all with the same needle... it's a wonder it stitches at all!
I've got quite a few panels like the Hot Chocolate one above but with different kinds of coffee. I am intending to make them into little spill mats for inside my coffee machine. That coffee machine really is a messy bugger, but I love it with my life!
Now I just need to make an effort to remember people's birthdays!
18 comments:
beautiful cards
What a great way to make cards, Wendy. Pinning this. Wonder what secret your Mum has not changing needles.
Great idea for the cards.... I would definitely change my needle too... and use an old one for the cardboard...
Hugz
These are so cute! :D
There adorable!
What a cute idea! But I don't understand what you meant about using the same needle and 'it's a wonder it stitches at all'. Does using the needle through paper dull it somehow?
That's a cute idea!
That coffee machine gives you plenty of excuses for making things!
I must have learned to sew with your Mum. I have NEVER changed my sewing machine needle and it is still going strong after about 30 years!
These are lovely, I have been meaning to try sewing card but never quite had the guts to do it - I really should... A x
What a great idea, and some lovely cards
these have worked so very well,
It's good to have a stack of these on hand just in case :) I recognise some of those squares actually, I bought some of these on my very first fabric guild visit a couple of years ago for a baby quilt.
These are lovely Wendy.
Love your cards! What a brilliant use for panels Wendy... Brilliant.
Like you, I struggle to remember the dates. I've finally had to resort to using a large calendar to write it all down - now if I could just remember to look at the darn calendar!
great idea!
These are adorable. I love using brads to attach fabric/paper. You can find a lot of embellishments in the scrapbooking isle.
What a great idea! Personal and original at the same time.
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