Fabric Postcard Virgin

Artist trading cards, fabric postcards, they're very cool don't you think. As I have had a year of indulging in fifty trillion new craft ventures, I've studiously avoided joining any trading card swaps so as not to explode my brain. But I love looking at other peoples efforts - just have a google, there's scads of them around (isn't it interesting how 'google' has become a verb), and I've remained interested and intrigued and put the idea aside for later.

Anyway, a few weeks back I embroidered a bicycle for Take A Stitch Tuesday and the lovely FaeryDi asked if I'd like to do a swap. The bicycle was a bit big to turn into an artist trading card (which are the size of a playing card), so we decided to do a fabric postcard (6 inches by 4 inches).


Here it is. Dianne said she loves bike riding so I took the opportunity of turning the bicycle embroidery into a scenic thingy, and there's Dianne, up in the corner, enjoying riding her bike through the countryside. :-)


Here's Dianne, beads and hair flying in the breeze. Her face is polymer clay, with a light rub of Treasure Gold to give it a nice glow. Lovely complexion you've got there Dianne!


Here's the original bicycle with an added shadow under the front wheel, which is just a sliver of gold fabric fused down and then stitched over.


And here are the fabric trees, fused down and then edged with a few different embroidery stitches. The small ones at the back are simply edged with straight stitch and then splodged with a wee bit of fabric paint.


And a prettied up envelope to post it in (I was inspired by PygletWhispers wonderful artwork). Technically a fabric postcard is actually posted 'as is', as a postcard, by addressing and stamping the back. But I was a bit worried that the clay face might get damaged, so I chickened out and put it in an envelope instead. It arrived safely thank goodness, and I'm glad you like it Dianne!