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the words sewing fabric postcards are displayed on a piece of fabric with pink and blue flowers

Fabric Postcards are fascinating to me, maybe because they're a bit more unusual than DIY postcards made from regular paper? I love the idea of fabric as a collage material. And I love the texture of fabrics. Some of the fabric postcards I've seen online are really cool, and I don't think they need to

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a close up of a piece of cloth with trees on it and the words fabric postcard

The technology we have today is incredible! We can push a button on a machine in our kitchen and our food is cooked, we didn’t even have to gather wood or tend a fire! We can lay in bed in our pajamas, teeth not even brushed yet and order fabric to be sent right to your doorstep! We can send messages to people across the world without even picking up a writing utensil! The conveniences we have are phenomenal! **SOAP BOX OPINION** Yes, technology has made the world a more simple place (Except…

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several pieces of scrappy fabric are laid out on a table with a note attached to it

Hello, I’m Heather from The Sewing Loft and I am super excited to share with you an easy summer craft that will clean out your scrap basket! My girls love to exchange snail mail with friends and family! And truth be told, I’m not sure which they are more excited about- the card or the…

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an easter card with the words happy easter joy

Choose some pretty ribbons and fabric from your stash to make this Easter Joy fabric postcard. Cut two fabrics and one fusible stabilizer into 4.5” x 6.5” size. You will trim these down later. With main fabric and liner fabrics right-sides together, trace an egg shape ( 4" tall by 3" wide egg size ) on back then stitch all around egg shape with small stitches. Cut inside of shape out with pinking shears or snip inside curves carefully. Turn through hole and press neatly to make an egg shape…

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a red cup with flowers in it on a white background and polka doted border

Updated Fabric Postcard Tutorial You can see all the fabric postcards I’ve made over the years in my Flickr album here. There are many ways to make a fabric postcard. I’ve made this updated tutorial to show how I make them. They are a lot simpler to make than you might think. The supplies you will need are as follows: 4”X6” front base fabric Fabric scraps for your postcard front design 4”X6” piece of stiff Peltex 4”X6” light to medium wight fusible interfacing 4”X6” piece of paper or…

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a table with many pictures on it and some magnets attached to the top one

March 2018 we held a workshop to make sea themed postcards for our exhibition at the Swansea Festival of Stitch. The exhibition was held in the Tapestri Cafe, Swansea In 2016 Catherine Macey led a …

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an embroidered picture frame with flowers on it

I was up in the early hours as I couldn't sleep - I tried catching up on ironing as I haven't done any for ages and the pile grows! After one thing - no more!!! So I browsed through an old box of pressed flowers from 1996/7, when I discovered pressing flowers in the microwave soon after I retired. Amazingly some have preserved and faded gently as in this picture, made at that time .... ...... so I recycled it into a fabric postcard .....

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a wooden table topped with a piece of art

What a wonderful Christmas Eve! Pine scent is in the air, I am off work and I just met a great artist; who could ask for more? I love stitchery and you all know I L O V E postcards! so what could be better than handmade fabric postcards. Linda Johnson, owner of Sew Upscale, creates these unique quilted postcards. I must confess that this is the first time I have seen a combination of the two arts and I think they are simply wonderful…

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