Italian artist Francesca Colussi Cramer started embroidering patterns and grids onto found photographs four years ago when she discovered a small vintage shop down the street from her house in North Wales. She was enthralled with the nostalgic feel of the store’s old images and postcards, and began adding thread to provide a visual and physical contrast to the original work. Some of her additions are abstract, like images which appear like patchwork quilts, while for others she makes more representational choices by layering the real life hues of a location or person in small bursts of color. More
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You've got mail! Or rather someone else is going to have mail... As promised yesterday, I'm going to be sharing some ideas to get our kids writing more this summer. This is the first installment in Summer Writing Camp. Your kid is going to need a pen pal if they don't have one already...which is the reason I made so many. This is a good way to get Firecracker to practice her writing without us having to twist her arm. This is definitely one of those projects that evolved as it went. I'd been envisioning making some kind of soft framed wall hanging that would be easily to mail to the kids' birthmoms for Mother's Day. I was thinking some kind of bias tape or something around the edge. Then as I was experimenting, I decided I liked it sans bias tape with just stitching...and that they'd be post cards. So maybe I'll revisit that soft frame idea, but for now we're loving fabric post cards at our house. I started by playing around with some of the patterns I've used from Twin Stitchers. I love Coley's doodle people because they're easy for me to modify slightly. (My Sister My Friend item #OU813 and the CTR sheild in the Tidbits All Occasions!) I did several variations on My Sister My Friend. Although you can still tell the difference in the ones I've tried to make myself...I think his head might be a little too small. Then when I discovered Slovly, I emailed Sabrina to see if she'd mine if I used some of her designs for this little project. She was super nice and said yes! So of course I sent her a little stack of postcards as a thank you. These two little dancing sisters can be found here where Sabrina shares a printable coloring page. And you know I had to make some with a little girl reading. They can be found here and here. But my absolute favorite for a postcard, I found tucked away in this little post of unfinished paintings... I made several of most of these. Here's my version, Firecracker's version and the blank one. ...and then I modified it a bit, so there would be a boy version for Little Brother. So here are the things you'll need: Muslin or other cotton fabric, preferably without a pattern. I used white. Picture to trace Heat'n Bond Lite or similar adhesive Iron Sewing machine and thread Ultra-fine tip sharpie or fabric marker I used Cardstock printed with post card lines. You can get my free template here. And here's how you make these. I liked my postcards to be about 5x7. I cut the muslin out to be about 6x8 so I'd have some extra. Trace your pattern onto your muslin using a fabric marker or ultra fine point sharpie. Cut your Heat'n Bond Lite into 5x7 rectangles. Center it under your design with the shiny side toward your fabric. Iron. Peel off the paper backing. Center your cardstock on the back so that it covers all of the heat'n bond. Iron again. (You don't want to get the heat'n bond on your iron!) Trim the muslin to the edge of your cardstock and stitch with brightly colored thread on your sewing machine. I liked to go around the edges twice because I thought it looked cute. It should look something like this... Color! I let Firecracker color as many as she wants...as long as she writes a letter on the back before starting a new one. Typically on any writing assignment, we tell her she needs three sentences. Little Brother joined in on this one too...but I have him verbally tell me what to write and then he traces his name to sign it.
Yosemite National Park Postcard Front- Yosemite Map illustration Back- Yosemite National Park, est. 1-Color Letterpress die cut postcard, printed both sides Size: (5-7/8 x 7-1/2) All images, photos and prints ©Noteworthy Paper & Press
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Are you planning a destination wedding or a wedding abroad? I found this creative DIY Save the Date project on Brides.com that I think would be perfect for both types of wedding soirees. Did I mention this is unbelievably...
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Welcome back to Top Ten Tuesday! This week is a favorite of all quilters, FREE quilt patterns! The holidays are coming up fast, add in birthdays, baby gifts or a thoughtful charity quilt, we all n…
Today I share my first ever quilty bucket list as a part of the Quilty Bucket List Blog Hop hosted by Stacey/ The Tilted Quilt . It's been ...
102 x 114 This is a modified Postcard from Sweden Quilt enlarged to make it a King Size. Isn't it magnificent. with the rich Kona Cotton colors? You can order one from my etsy shop in multiple sizes. I made two king size pillow shams to go along with the quilt. She wanted a bright yellow for the back of the quilt for the pillows. I made them with an envelope opening on the back. She also wanted a matching pillow case for her dog! This one is not quilted and has a zipper closure. The hardest part about making this quilt is sewing all the HST blocks. The rest seemed easy compared to that. The pillows are a nice touch to complete the set which is for sale in my shop. Linking with Busy Hands Quilts and Crazy Mom Quilts
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As California teeters on the brink of fiscal disaster, yet another new budget proposal has arisen. State Senator Dean Florez (D-Shafter) will hold hearings in Sacramento today. The topic: discussing whether key functions of the California Department of Food and Agriculture (CDFA) can be eliminated or transferred to other state agencies. Per Florez, “most of […]
