This month I participated in a postcard swap organized by Sparklestash. We were to send out five cards. This was a perfect OMG for August as I had planned to take some time away with the family. In a few afternoons I made the cards. I used the instructions from Patty over at Elm Street Quilts - in 2018 I participated in a postcard swap she had organized.
Card #1 East meets West
These are all African Batiks from Kenya, Tanzania and Nigeria
Card #2 Symphony in green
Green fabrics from Mali, Ivory Coast, US and UK
Card #3
For this card I used fabric from African designer Woodin, this one I bought in Burkina Faso (years ago)
Card #4
For this card I also used fabric from African designer Woodin, bought in Burkina Faso. This is one of my favourite fabrics - unfortunately not much left of the 6 yards bundle.
Card #5
Initially I made a card with Indonesian batik, and did not like the end result. So decided to make a new one using Tula Pink scraps. Liked the result up to the moment that I was going to use my overlocker to trim and sew the edges - she decided not to collaborate .... grrrr ....
On instagram (where we all had our "own" group of postcardswappers I raised the question which card was better .... the Tula Pink card won. One my co-postcardswappers suggested I do a zigzag stitch covering the overlock stitches. Still not convinced with this card, just could not make a third card as card #5 ....
Card #6 the not-sent-card
One card stayed at home .... not sure yet what I will do with this one ....
Linking up with OMG August at Elm Street Quilts.
Great cards! Thanks for linking up with Elm Street Quilts One Monthly Goal and congrats on your finish. And I'm glad the tutorial was helpful! That was a fun swap.
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