Positively Postcards: Quilted Keepsakes to Save or Send - Softcover

Bonnie Sabel; Louis-Philippe O'Donnell

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1564777324 ISBN 13: 9781564777324

Publisher: That Patchwork Place, 2007

Synopsis

A small-sized commitment of time is all you need to create these picture-perfect postcard quilts! Give, trade, or treasure these 4" x 6" mini-greetings--and make a one-of-a-kind quilt in an evening.

* Follow one step-by-step project to learn the technique; then get inspired by more than 85 creative variations, all shown in close-up photos

* Choose a novelty fabric to start; then learn to develop your own themes with photos of fabric and embellishment collections

* Embellish postcards with machine satin stitching, ribbons, yarns, buttons, beads, rubber stamps, costume jewelry--there's no limit to what you can use!

Fabric postcards * Fiber postcards * Artist postcards * Trading cards

About this title

About the Author:

Home: Portland, Oregon
The work of Bonnie Sabel has been juried into several national shows. Louis-Philippe O'Donnell has enjoyed a successful career in electronic design, management, and marketing.

Review:

Whether you give these quick and easy projects as gifts or use them as decorations, mini postcard quilts are ideal projects for busy folks. With this simple and easy guide, anyone can learn to create unique four-by-six inch fabric cards using various sewing and quilting techniques. The authors explain how to choose the fabric and create different styles. There are color illustrated, easy to follow directions for each technique, such as appliqué. This provides no fail instructions from beginning to end. Readers can learn all about the different piecing options. The authors offer various ways to finish the edges and embellish the cards. They explain how to choose designs for the fronts and backs of the cards. There are detailed instructions for a spring birdhouse project that will have special appeal to gardeners.
This has an extensive quilt gallery with over 85 breathtaking fabric cards made with various techniques and details on how each card was created. Many of these designs feature flowers, plants, and nature themes. One of my favorites is the flower fairies card. --Connie Krochmal, Bellaonline.com

About this edition

• Publisher: That Patchwork Place
• Publication date: 2007
• ISBN 10: 1564777324
• ISBN 13: 9781564777324
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 96