After a fast and fun 24 hrs in Edmonton with the in-laws, I'm back in Saskatoon and full of turkey. I got home long after dark and this morning packed up my sewing machine et al and headed downtown to Sew & Home to run my first Fabric Postcard workshop! It was very fun. It was very messy.
The theme I gave them was "something that is round". That seemed to work for everyone! Here's Brenda with her Halloween card all finished. Nice hey!?
I walked around with my camera asking if I could post photos. Here is Rhonda's - very striking!
I invited the participants to swap. Not everyone wanted to give up their gems of course. : ) Here are the ones being swapped - Linda's, Linda S's, and Flo's. All so different! I love it. Aren't they gorgeous!?
The last one above was "something with stripes". We tried to do 2 postcard each. Here was Flo's first with "something that is round" which she's keeping. It's so lovely - I really like the ribbon border on it.
I was surprised at all the purples and orange color! I did a couple little demonstrations of techniques like couching. I use an open toe F foot, or a rolled hem foot for smaller yarns or floss. Linda S. had a great suggestion to feed the yarns with a beading foot.
Here's three I took home to mix up and mail out - cute! :)
Here's three I took home to mix up and mail out - cute! :)
I brought my own POSTCARD stamp for everyone to use on the back. That was a hit. ; )
Thanks everyone - we all had a good time. Boy, they sure were busy sewing and creating! Everyone was very focused on their projects and happy with the outcomes.
Sweet - I'm part of a Halloween swap with an online yahoogroup. This is the first one I received. I still have to make my 3.
That's so great! Thank you Carolyn! : ) It's so nice to get REAL mail, you know???
If anyone is interested, the next class will be Wednesday November 10th from 6-9pm at Sew & Home. You can call them to sign up. 306-373-2332. They are charging $39. I supply handouts, embellishments such as beads/ribbon/lace/yarn, fabric scraps, and the stiff interfacing middle layers.
~Monika K.
Sewing in Saskatoon
2 comments:
thanks so much for such a fun and inspiring class. And what a great way to use up all those little scraps of material that I just cant throw away.
Good job, we had a great time!
Way to go Monika! With your artistic spirit guiding them, I know they all had a great time creating with you :)!
Stay inspired!
Michelle
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