My Tattered Lace / Postcard Journal

Finally, today is the day I'm going to show case my tattered textile journal.  This journey started a couple of years ago when I became interested in and making textile postcards.  I had a group of postcards that I wanted to show case in a fabric journal.  I came across a wonderful textile artist, Suzy Quaife from Australia, who offered an online course showing how to create a journal using fabrics and lace.   I knew right away this was the direction I wanted to go with this.  I hope you enjoy viewing what I really enjoyed creating.

My most favorite postcard made the cover.  Bits of lace, buttons, beads and a vintage quill  tip found in a bottle of buttons at the thrift store.  Many of the fabrics and doilies I purchased from the thrift store, too.

This beautiful card was a gift from a very creative lady, also from Australia.  Lorraine Williams was happy to oblige me with a card exchange when I approached her on FB after spying some of her beautiful cards.  She creates the most beautiful pieces of work up cycling discarded vintage linens and doilies.

                                                              

A postcard made with dried wheat growing wild along my daughters lane.

And a pocket made from an embroidered line napkin, filled with tags. 

Sorry about the image of this postcard, it has a very fluffy feather stitched to it with a brass fairy charm at the base.  All stitched on a pretty batik fabric.

Opposite is a lovely stamped card which I layered with some silk.  The two stamped cards were made by Suzy Quaife.

Here amazing work can be found on her blog:

https://suziqusthreadworks.blogspot.com/

 

Well, blogger's new format is giving me grief so I gave up commenting with each image.  I mostly wanted to acknowledge the added pieces from Suzy Quaife and Lorraine Williams.  Their art inspired me to create this keepsake journal.  

Thank you ladies.

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Thank you friends for stopping by and having a look at my Tattered Lace/Postcard Journal.

Have a lovely day,

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Postcards, Postcards and more Postcards!!!

Just adding more postcards to my collection here.  I have been making them for Birthdays and Mother's Day or for who ever you might send one to.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Stitchen" Time

My friends often ask me how on earth I manage to get so much sewing done each week, so I thought I'd share my secret.  Every weekend, after working a 40 hour week out, I need an afternoon to tackle my laundry.  Now, my washer and dryer happen to be down in the basement....not too far from my sewing room;) and being that I have a very bad left ankle, with much hardware in it, I can't being going up and down those stairs between loads....therefore, I hunker down in the sewing room for however long it takes to get the laundry done.  I get great fun in telling DH I'm heading down to do laundry, lol

Well yesterday was no different than any other weekend and here are the proceeds of my efforts .... more postcards:) of the Vintage/Shabby Chic style.   I just couldn't stop making these and would have made more, but alas, ran out of time!  Enjoy.

PS:  My inspiration for these came from a single embroidered hankie which appears in three out of four of these cards.

 

Oh yes .... more Postcards

Good Friday morning to you all ... doing the happy dance cause it's Friday.  That's mostly in my head ... lol.  Anyways, I haven't be typing much cause I've been stitching.  So this morning I have a couple of postcards to show you.  My hairdresser requested a special card for a wedding she is attending and wanted something that the bride and groom could keep and frame (hopefully).  So I  made a couple for her to choose from.  The first one I made was with my new shibori pleated silk I ordered on line and I love the ripple effects and the way it drapes across the card.  The pretty floral motif was from RavioleeDreams on Etsy.  I mounted on a piece of textured cotton that was up cycled from a blouse, which I dyed dark yellow.  The very tiny purple dragonfly came off a pair of earrings from a yard sale.  Ta Da .....

 

 

The next one was almost all up cycled from treasures I got at my local thrift store.  The first layer is a piece of white on white printed cotton, which was followed my a dyed doily, then a piece of white lace motif from a collar which I had stitched the centers of the two flowers.  The finishing touch is a piece of junk jewelry (brooch) that I cut the back pin off of and hand stitched it on.

 

 

Next week I'll get busy uploading my Silk Ribbon Embroidery assignments from Kathy Shaw's classes.  Hope you all have a  wonderful weekend.

 

 

 

Butterflies are a fluttering ....

I had an assignment to create a Butterfly postcard for August and couldn't stop at one ... ended up with three. lol

I finally got my new embroidery software figured out, after about a year or so of owning it.  Mostly time was my issue, as I just wasn't motivated to sit down and really figure it out.  Now there's no excuse to finish a project request from a friend.

Anyhow, here are my three postcards for your viewing pleasure.  Hope you all have a great day.

Fabric/Textile Postcards

For those of you that may not following me on Facebook I have been also making fabric/textile postcards.  I love to send them to family and friends in place of a regular card one gets at the drugstore.  I also belong to a couple of Facebook Postcard Swap Groups where we are given a theme to work with and a swap partner to send to.  Hope you enjoy them. 

 

Quilting Cotton, Upholstery Fabric, Tulle, Fuzzy Yarn and Dried Grass

 



 

Up-cycled Jacket Fabric, Burlap, Yarn, Charms & Embroidery




 

Batik Cotton, Hand-dyed Lace Trim, Acorn Ribbon, Paper Leaves and Charms



 

Coffee-dyed Motif, Flat Beads, Linen Fabric, Cork Fabric and Embroidery




 

Up-cycled Jacket Fabric, Wool Yarn and Fuzzy Yarn, Burlap Trim and Up-cycled Pendant Charm



And here are some postcards from the past:

The Pumpkin Patch was sent to Charmaine in France (swap group)  

 

 

 

The above Sunflower was gifted to my mom on Mothers Day 2017

 

 

This sunflower went to England - pc swap

 

 

The Vintage pc was sent in a pc swap - forgot the destination

 

 

 

 

This Chickee Bird was a Birthday Card for a friend.

 

 

This Vintage pc went to Ineke in The Netherlands - pc swap 2017

 

 

This Makers Choice pc was made for pc swap

 

This wildflower pc was an experiment which I kept.  I had hand dyed some lace and did some embroidery on it.

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Made this Indigo pc for a swap with Penelope Q.  in 2017

 

My attempt at a Canadian themed pc swap.  I think this one went to The Netherlands as well.

 

This Wildflower pc was made for a swap and also went overseas.

 

 

This is my very first pc which I have kept and framed.

 

This pc was my very first one sent in swap ... can't remember where or the theme for this one.

 

 

This postcard theme was Back to School and was for a swap.

 

This pc was sent to Maria in Costa Rica ... Theme was first letter of their name. "M" for Maria

 

This pc was a Maker's Choice design for a pc swap.

 

The theme for this one was "Fantasy Trip"

 

The theme for this one was "1950 Nostalgia"

 

The theme for this swap was "Kites"

 

The theme for this one was "Colors of Winter"

 

This was my attempt at "Vintage Shabby Chic" and was sent to Lorraine in Australia as a private swap

 

The theme for this one was "Colors"

 

This "Under the Sea" pc was fun to create. Got a chance to use my collection of charms here.

 

This was sent to the UK to Janet, theme was "Crazy in Red, White or Blue"

 

 

This ones heading to Ineke in The Netherlands for a swap.

 

This ones heading to Winsome in England for a swap.