April 21, 2018
Rick’s card comes from the 1880 Sampler series.
I was short on time so used an envelope finish rather than binding. Why did I stop doing my cards that way? It is so much faster!
Category Archives: Cards
Happy Birthday Pat
April 15, 2018
I saw a picture online and thought I could recreate it for Pat’s birthday card. It isn’t exactly the same but I’m pleased with the way it turned out. The musical note fabric was from the Guild challenge last year; I bought more than the fat quarter we were given in our challenge packets and I’ve used it a few times.
When I was looking for something else (isn’t that always the way) I found some hangars that Mum had for her cross stitch projects. I had to work to make the width of the card match the width of the hanger; at every step in the process I worried that I hadn’t done the math right.
I’m hoping Pat will hang it in the studio on Texada.
Happy Birthday Madison
April 10, 2018
Can you believe Madison is 17 already! She’s grown into a beautiful young woman and I’m looking forward to all she will accomplish as a young adult.
I went back to the basics for this card. When I was first learning to quilt Stacia and Deloise taught me their freezer paper method for appliqué. My last appliqué project used washable interfacing and I didn’t like that technique as the pieces were heavy and difficult to hand stitch through. I cut some of my pieces a bit too small but it was good practice for anything else that comes along.
Happy Birthday Emma
April 7, 2018
This was an easy choice for Emma.
The block is called First Stitch and it reminds me of all the crafting Emma does – cross stitch, knitting, weaving. Such a talented girl!