Saturday, January 28, 2017

Valentine's Crazy Quilt Postcards

 
Crazy Quilt International Valentine Postcard Swap
 
Here are the postcards I made for the 2017 Valentine Postcard swap hosted by the Crazy Quilt International Yahoo Group.  I made two, one to swap (top) and one to keep (bottom).  I always regret sending in something for a swap, since what you made is gone forever - but by making two, I have one to share and one to keep, so everybody wins!  These were done almost entirely by hand, as my machine of 16 years made its last stitch as I was making the base of these postcards.  I only got one piece stitched on, when the motor died....oh well, I have another one to replace it - I just have to take it out of the box.
 
I have included two fabrics that hold special memories.  First being the white with gold threads - it was used when my son Walter was in grade school for the Odyssey of the Mind competition costumes and the second being the red sequins that was used for making a tuxedo jacket for one of his high school marching band performances.  
 
Oh, and I just noticed a third significant fabric - the cotton with gold hearts - it was used in Walter's Mojo Doll - see my 2010 post on Meet the Mojos.
 
The top one is headed off to the Netherlands on Monday.

4 comments:

  1. These Valentines are so very pretty. Who ever receives them will love them for sure.

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  2. These are wonderful! I love that you shared why some of the fabrics are special to you.

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  4. Someone is so very fortunate to receive those.....deleted the previous entry, darn auto thingie

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