You might remember that a few weeks ago Estelle and I spent another day monoprinting. I printed lots of postcard bases and am finally doing something with some of them. I finished these patriotic cards today.
The base is hand dyed fabric that has been monoprinted twice. Once witht he wave and once with the all-over texture. I used paper stars as a resist for the second print.
After fusing the fabric to Timtex I stitched around each star with plain cotton thread. I only did that stitching so I would have a path to follow for stitching from the back. I put some Superior Razzle Dazzle in the bobbin and stitched around each star again from the back.
I finished the cards off with some hot fix crystals and a quick run through the serger. I'm using these as welcome cards for our guest house guests this summer.
I made about 7 all together and each one is a little different. I really like the effect of the monoprinting and I know I will do more of it in the future.
These are so charming... love the patriotic theme, and ooh... so craving a mono-printing/blockprinting/playdate day too! I WANT to be a guest at YOUR house!!!!
Posted by: Leslie McNeil | June 13, 2012 at 04:44 PM
cool!
Posted by: Deb Levy | June 13, 2012 at 05:12 PM
They are really cool!
Posted by: Cindy Is Crafty | June 13, 2012 at 09:15 PM
Vicki, these are wonderful and I love the idea of finishing the edges with a serger. Great idea!
Posted by: Linda Kittmer | June 13, 2012 at 09:26 PM
They are very fetching. Your gradients in the previous post are wonderful.
Posted by: Laceflower | June 14, 2012 at 10:20 AM