Monday, February 13, 2017

Valentine Postcards

Every year I make a few Valentine Postcards for the young people in my life. This year I made some hot glue stencils.

I used these with red paint and a gelli plate to print both positive and negative images.

Fused them to timtex interfacing.
Added some stitching, a backing, more stitching on the edges and then they were done and in the mail. I forgot to take pictures of the finished cards, but I'm sure you get the idea.

These are the socks I finished. Much to my surprise they came out matching. I never try to make them match, but the self striping yarn did it for me.

Also got the binding on the black and white quilt, but I need to get better photos so the stitching shows.

Seventy Days to 70 , #36-42  Last week I had several questions about the milk filters. They are about 4 1/2" round made of an interfacing type material and are white. I've challenged myself to do something to one a day leading up to my 70th birthday. I have to use materials that I have on hand and as you can see I have stuff.

 #36 Hand dyed rick rack, fused on
 #37 Painted gauze, scrunched and dried on the filter, square beads
 #38 hand printed fabric scrap fused, stitching
 #39 Origami folded square of hand dyed fabric, filter painted with dyna flow
 #40 Painted with Dyna flow, stenciled with Shiva paintstiks
 #41Pan pastels, stenciled, stitched
#42 Textile painted applied with hand carved stamp, french knots

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Later this week I'll be linking up to "Off the Wall Friday" and "Slow Sunday Stitching"

4 comments:

  1. I love the stitching on the basic shapes. Very pretty! I surely would have run out of ideas by now for the circles.
    Gorgeous socks!

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  2. Eh bien on peut dire que votre semaine fut bien remplie, j'aime les broderies

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  3. So many beautiful stitches and textures! Such a creative idea for the valentine's card!

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  4. You always have such interesting things to look at. The ideas you come up with for your milk filters are so inventive. Beautiful embroidery.

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