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Fabric Cards and Postcards

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Fabric Cards and Postcards
  • A fabric greeting card lies on concrete pebbles. The heart is purple with darker lettering and shadows. The letters read "LOVE YOU". The background fabric has pink and teal circular flowers on a pink background with white dots. The heart is quilted with gray thread in the ditch between the heart and background.
    FPP Pattern: Wendy Chow | @the.weekendquilter | “Sweet Notes: Love You” (reduced in size)
  • The hand of a white person holds a bright pink envelope with a green and pink fabric greeting card on top. In the background are gray paving stones. The greeting card has a bright pink conversation heart with darker pink "XOXO" in the middle and darker pink shading along the right side. The bright mint/teal background of the card has asterisks. The heart is echo quilted into the background.
    FPP Pattern: Wendy Chow | @the.weekendquilter | “Sweet Notes: XOXO” (reduced in size)
  • A fabric postcard depicts a collage of a Dalmation puppy in a brown sweater flopped on his side. He appears to be resting on purple and pink pillows. The background is teal above his head.
    Houston (my sister’s dog) is depicted in a fabric collage postcard, flopped onto his side.
  • A white Juki sewing machine is pictured with two fabric postcards resting against it. One has simple red, ,orange, yellow, and green rays. The other one looks like a gift with red fabric with black and white dots as the "paper" and teal and blue striped fabric as the "ribbon". In the background of the photo you can see a window and grass outside.
    I started small and simple with these two postcards I made during a Silicon Valley Modern Quilt Guild virtual retreat breakout session.
  • A white person's hand holds a purple and teal, square fabric greeting card. The background fabric is green, blue, and purple whimsical kitties. The foreground shows a foundation paper pieced white envelope with fish bones on the interior of the flap and a purple heart on the lower portion of the outside of the envelope.
    FPP Pattern: Kristy Lea | @QuietPlay | “Love Letter” (Make Mine Mini Membership Pattern for February 2024)

One day, I may update this post with a step-by-step tutorial with photographs. For now, enjoy the ASL/spoken English/edited caption video below. Scroll down to the bottom of the post for printable template downloads for the backs of the postcards you create. I also included links to a few of my favorite fabric postcard tutorials by other people.

Key Timestamp/Chapter Markers to help you find which part of the video you want easily:

02:10 Designing a Raw Edge Applique Card

02:50 Transferring Design to Fabric Using Double-Sided Fusible

06:55 Fusing Postcard Design Pieces Together

09:37 Trimming Postcard “Flimsy” to Size

11:42 Fusing the Peltex

14:33 Quilting the Postcard

22:34 Finishing the Raw Edges

27:14 Applying the Postcard Back Paper

30:50 6″x6″ Greeting Card Making

31:45 Tips for Mailing Fabric Cards

37:55 Closing Thoughts and Examples

Free Printable Download Templates for the Backs of Your Postcards

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4″ x 6″ Postcard Template Download

5″ x 7″ Postcard Template Download

Two of My Favorite Fabric Postcard Tutorials:

Sarah Ruiz: FREE – Quilted Fabric Postcard Tutorial

SuzyQuilts: Handmade Quilted Postcard Tutorial

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