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Fabric Postcard

Posted on December 11, 2012 | 16 comments

I have a special friend whose birthday is in December. 

So I made a fabric birthday card to send to her.

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Notice I stayed away from a Christmas theme even though she is a December baby.  Her birthday is her own day, not to be celebrated with Christmas.

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I covered up her name and address with my pincushion.  Mustn’t spoil the surprise.

There are lots of fabric postcard tutorials online.  Although I’ve made lots of these easy postcards, I googled just to see what comes up.  Here’s a couple to get you started.

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Art Jars

Posted on December 7, 2012 | 3 comments

Kathy, over at Pillows-A-La-Mode, shared a fabulous gift idea for children (Do I qualify?) and I thought ya’ll might want to know about it.

Check out her Art Jars post!

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These not only make great gifts, but grandparents could keep these on hand for those special visits!

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Clam Shell Purses

Posted on November 14, 2012 | 9 comments

The Clam Shell Accessories Case Clover pattern reminded me of my childhood days when I had a rubber coin purse.  Squeeze the purse to reveal an opening for the coins.  

I thought it would be fun to use the scraps left over from sewing aprons for my grandaughters and make a couple of these cases. 

I’m embellishing with embroidery, beads and buttons.  The plain one obviously still needs embellishment, but I wanted to show the difference.  You can certainly be very creative with these cases!

I’m making the largest size; there is alot of room in there!  Of course, I’m going on a treasure hunt for trinkets that little girls would like, but these would make very nice sewing kits.

They are quite durable and fun.

 

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