Birthday Card & Book Cover

It's August and that means my Aunt Judy has a birthday.  Of course I did her a card.

Last night I played.  I watched one of the PBS sewing programs where they made book covers so I had to try that.

Here's the front.  The horizontal piece is some dyed cheesecloth.  The lace on the right is hand done tatting.  I have no idea where I picked up a sample.  It could of been from my grandmother or it came in one of the grab bags of lace I have picked up at St Vinnies.  Most of the fabric is from a $5 grab bag I bought in Shipshawanna, Indiana from a batik dealer.

And the back.

This was definitely a sample.  It took several tries to get the back and the flaps to be happy with each other, but now I know the tricks.

Thanks for checking out my blog.

Nancy

Bed Runner

When I retired/left JCI l got several quilting related gifts.  I was told they are expecting Christmas gifts.  Tammy went so far to put her order in for a bed runner.  I finished Tammy's bed runner.  She asked for neutral colors.

I like how this turned out.

Nancy

Class at Fabric Etc2 in Bensenville, IL

I took a 2 day class at a wonderful fabric store just south of O'Hare Airport.  Terri Johnson came and taught several projects with the Silhouette cutting machine.

We cut vinyl with adhesive backing and decorated travel mugs.  The tricky part was putting sticky vinyl on a round surface.  I ended up with some wrinkles.

We cut heat activated vinyl and decorated a tote.

We cut a stencil and did some glass etching.

We cut flocking to hold rhinestones and decorated a little bag.  I was amazed how easy the rhinestone project was and it looks just like the stuff you buy in the store.

We also cut stickers.  Basically you can cut an image that is in the Silhouette software.  So you print and then  cut the designs.

We got a demo on fabric cutting.  The best part is the shop owner has figured out the tricks to cutting fabric.  They make a starch that turns the fabric into something more like paper and they are also using a fusible by Lazy Girl designs.  It works.  The shop is cutting kits for fusible wall hangings using this method.

We also got a demo of drawing with the Silhouette.  The trick is to buy the pricey pen holder.

Have a good day.
Nancy