Valentines Day has passed, but not without card fanfare! This year, I wanted to make humble, cozy cards. I did a variety of styles and I used old jeans and heart fabric. I tried some hand stitching, but I was too slow. I gave up and pulled out a Pfaff machine someone gave me that has a zillion stitches on it, but is a creaky, plastic machine where you hold your breath while sewing on it. It has a blanket stitch that I use sometimes. I tested out a bunch of stitches and sewed the hearts with Glide Red thread. I made a total of 80 and have one left. It was quite a process- cutting, sewing, glueing, etc. And I found some heart buttons on Ebay and glued them on. Then I realized I had to put cardboard pieces in the envelopes so that the cards could go through the cancellation machine. Lastly, I had them weighed at the post office to make sure the stamps were enough postage. The address labels for some reason malfunctioned so that took another day to solve. I was glad I got them done in time to get to everyone on time except Maureen in New Zealand. Some process photos:
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| Buttons not glued on yet |
6 comments:
I really enjoyed the one you sent to me.
Thank you Linda for the beautiful card you sent me. I have been thinking of sending you an email, but things get hectic and I forget to do things until it is late at night. By then I am too tired to do anything. Trying to take care of hubby is sometimes a full time job.
Beautiful!
Ours is still on display on the mantle. I'm so touched to have received one!
You now know that I have received your Valentines card, very special mail day!
My card is still on display on my desk. I don't care if Valentine's Day came and went. It's going to be there for quite a long time to remind me of the beautiful friendship that we have.
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