Making some new greeting cards

It rained the other day which gave me an opportunity to play inside.

I’ve had this piece of fabric from a dyeing class I took years ago. It was so much fun to dye!  I really love it but have trouble using it in a big project. However, I thought it would be great for cards.

I cut some batting and since I wanted all of the colors I tore a couple long strips of the fabric.

The fabric strips were too wide, so I tore them again, and then cut them to fit on the batting.

I used the Fons & Porter glue stick to tack the fabric on the batting.

Then I placed them on the batting.

And here is the finished 5 x 7 piece that will be cut down to fit on the 5 x 7 card.

But first I wanted to sew down all of the pieces. I’m using gray thread.

Once it was finished I cut the piece to the finished size.

I wanted to add a word to the card. The words I had printed on the fabric awhile back.

I sewed the word and an applique I had made for an early project. Here is a post about making embellishments.

Here I am adding the Craftfuse and then watercolor paper. If I did it again, I’d either leave off the batting or the watercolor paper.

I zigzagged the edges and then painted the word with Stained Fabric Markers. I had never used them so they were a bit dark for me. Also, if I did this over I’d use the green marker!

Then the piece was glued to the card. And here are both of the cards again.

I really like using my fabric. It works great for a card. I’m not sure it would work for a larger piece.

Oh, I got an email recently to tell me that my blog was #4 of the 20 best dyeing blogs and websites. I was surprised since I’ve not done a lot of dyeing lately, although I’ve been thinking a lot about it!! Here is the link if you want to check out the other blogs you might want to follow. https://blog.feedspot.com/dyeing_blogs/

Lots of gardening going on here between the rain. Hope all is well at  your house. As always, thanks for dropping by.