There you can learn more about me and my enjoyment of quilting and blogging.  You’ll even view a photo of one of my daughter’s fabric postcards. 

However, in addition, there’s even more information about the  blogs and bloggers at the Lifestyles Channel on Promo Day. (Gayla also interviewed Heather of Chocolate Bytes and The Food Bowl). 

Don’t miss this great round-up of current happenings at the Lifestyles Channel…and the contests you can participate in, too.

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Quilting & Patchwork Blogger Guest at Lifestyles Channel Promo Day

  Swapping fabric post cards has become a fascinating hobby for fabric artists and quilters.  Many different themes abound, with each group selecting something that strikes their fancy or has special meaning.

I discovered “Postcards from the 1930’s” at Kate’s Quilting (and other fiber arts) Blog.  This appears to be an ongoing swap and Kate has posted a few of these cards, along with others she sends and receives.

Since fabric postcards fascinate me…I see many my daughter makes and receives.  So I’m frequently browsing other web sites and blogs for them.

Two of Kate’s postcard posts:

Sunday: work done 

Postcards today

Here are some for a 1920’s swap:  Postcardy day

In addition to these cards, Kate has a multitude of others to enjoy and glean ideas.  What have you been doing with postcards lately?

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Fabric Postcards from the 30s & 20’s … Quilters’ Delight!

My daughter participated in one of these…a grab bag quilt hanging challenge and now her creation is on tour!  It even was displayed in a gallery in Costa Rica.  Beth describes the procedure and shows photos of her hanging at her Meandering Threads blog, Grab Bag Challenge from 2006.

Here are the basics, as Beth describes them:  For this challenge, we put together fabric and embellishments that would fit into a priority mail envelope and then we each received someone else’s “stuff.”   With this “stuff,” we needed to make a quilt.  We could add some of our own to it.

Then Beth descibes in detail what she did and shows photos of the process.

What about organizing this type of challenge among your quilting friends…or even one friend.  Beth’s challenge participants were online.  However, you can do it in person.  If you find no one to participate, make up a grab bag of your own, from some of your “stuff.”  Then restrict yourself to using only the items in that bag.

Also, your challenge could be any size…even fabric postcards.

I’d love to hear how you make out with such a challenge.

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Have You Participated in a Grab Bag Quilt Challenge?

The project has expanded beyond July 4th.  Now it includes Halloween, Thanksgiving, Christmas/Holidays, Valentine’s Day and Easter/Spring.  School children as well as adults take part.

Incidentally, Penny was honored by the State of California for her work with Penny’s Postcard Posse.

You can join the project, learn the details and see pictures of the cards by checking out the the Postcard Possee web site.  If you find it difficult to come up with design ideas for projects such as this, don’t worry.  There are free patterns you can download from the site.

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Postcard Posse of Quilters Remembers Our Troops on July 4

Beth has posted two of her cards at Meandering Threads.  I’ve included one here.

She fused the blue background strips to the card backing, then secured them in place by stitching.  The three orange/gold triangles are appliqued onto the card.  The small gold triangles Beth made by stamping.  You can see that she combined several techniques on this triangle card. 

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Quilters Make Fabric Postcards With Triangle Designs

This has me wondering about adding fabric scraps, rick-rack, lace, etc. to the paper scraps for a mixed media piece of art.  Just as Katelyn wants to try the paper quilt/post cards, I should try some of the mixed media variation.

Another term for paper quilts and mixed media art is collage, an art form that’s becoming very popular.

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Converting Paper Quilts into Mixed Media Ones

One arrived today from England with circle stitching and sparkly circles sewed on it, too.  (And it came through the mail perfectly intact without an envelope or plastic covering.)  It’s interesting the great variety of postcards that can be designed with a simple circle theme.

Here is one of Beth’s:

You can check out more at her Meandering Threads blog  You may want to see what you can design for postcards, ATCs, and other fabric art items. 

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Quilters Swap Fabric Postcards with Circle Designs

The idea of sending postcards to the troops in Iraq, now known as Penny’s Postcard Posse,  began last year for July 4.  Now there are a number of times throughout the year when the Possee rounds up colorful fabric postcards from contributors to let the

troops know they and what they are doing are appreciated.

There are directions online, and you can find books to help you design the postcards if you don’t know how.

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Quilted Fabric Postcards for the Troops

So we look to our quilting fabric art and “Think Spring!”

Beth posted a photo of the storm on her Meandering Threads blog and then some fabric postcards with spring scenes or themes.  These actually are some she made for her latest round of a fabric postcard exchange she participates in.

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“Think Spring” in Your Quilting

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The Fascination of Small Quilting Projects