No,
I am not commenting on the U.S.A.
This
has been such a frustrating day! The quilt I’m making right now is made up from
dozens of very complicated 6 ½” blocks….and one of them is not co-operating at
all. I sew the seam and when I lay it down, the wrong seam is sewn……groan,
groan, groan. My brain disorders are acting up today and Joe keeps reminding me
that I should not be quilting when I’m having spasms because I make mistakes
but I was sure I could work through it. Hate it when he’s right! Oh well,
tomorrow is another day and this too shall pass.
Today’s
card is a Christmas card made with fabric!...yes fabric!
I
purchased about ¼ metre of Christmas fabric that had dogs on it – I love
animals, especially dogs. To use fabric, it must be stabilized so first I ironed
it very well to make sure all the wrinkles were out of it and then it was
ironed onto fusible stabilizer. Once that was done I could cut out around the
image and glue it to the cardstock. The card base is a cut-away card from a
package of cards and envelopes from Michaels. I didn’t realize they were
cut-away when I bought them. I thought they were just square cards but I rather
like these now that I’ve been using them. I have a huge stack of Christmas
paper and paper packs that I bought for next to nothing at the thrift store so
I had no problem cutting in to 12x12 papers this time. I like to use at least
two colours for the background, tape them together at the back and then add a
ribbon across the seam. Then the same polka dot paper was used at the bottom on
the inside. The little label was another thrift store find – a huge container
full of various glittery labels and some paper which I think came from Stampin’
Up originally. I love it when people clean house and I’m there at the right
time.
That
is all for today. I have a very cheery card made with a new technique (for me
anyway) to post another day, likely Friday…..so I hope you come back to see it.
That’s
all for a cool and cloudy, November 9, 2016.
Cheers
Violet
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