fabric postcard Click image to enlarge Designer: Tammy Tutterow Introduction: I am in love with the 12-1 Sewing Multi-Tool! Talk about making crafting on the go simple and easy! I am forever throwing together a bag of crafting supplies together at the last minute when I am heading out the door. If I think I will have time to sneak a little crafting in, I try to grab something to take with me. With the 12-in-1 Tool, my last minute craft packing is so simplified. I throw a few needles in it and grab my latest embroidery project, a little floss and ribbon and I am ready to go! I have everything I need to sneak a little crafting in one convenient case that is always ready to go when I am. Difficulty rating
Instructions (Print version) 1. Trim a piece of white cotton muslin to 8.5”x11”; press. Trim a piece of temporary adhesive fabric stabilizer to 8.35”x11”. Remove the backing and adhere the stabilizer to the back side of the muslin, smooth out any wrinkles as you apply it. Place the fabric into your computer’s printer so that the printed side prints on the fabric. 2. Edit the desired image to 4”x6”. Set the print settings so that the image has at least a ½” margin between the image and page edges. (I sat mine so that my image printed in the top half of the fabric, leaving the bottom half of fabric for use in the project.) After the image is printed and the ink is dry, lightly press the image with a dry iron.
3. Embellish the printed design with embroidery stitches as desired. (The sample design is embellished with Lazy Daisy leaves in green embroidery floss, straight stitches in green floss for the stems, and French Knots with variegated silk ribbon. The silk ribbon French Knots could stitched in embroidery floss also.) 4. Add a small amount of liquid adhesive to the back of the chipboard element and place it on the design as desired. Use the piercing tool from the 12-in-1 Sewing Multi Tool to pierce a hole in the chipboard element so that you can stitch through it as desired.
5.In addition to the embroidery stitches, you can also embellish the design by stitching a few beads in between some of the French Knots. 6. Cut the muslin and batting pieces in half (making them each about 5”x8”). Stack the pieces in this order, from bottom to top: plain piece of muslin, one piece of batting, chipboard (place directly in the center), second piece of batting, and printed muslin (design face up). Pin the pieces together at the corners to hold them together.
7. Machine or hand stitch all of the layers together about ¼” from the outer edge of the printed design.
8. Place a cutting edge ruler about 1/8” inside the printed design and cut along the edge using a deckle blade in the rotary cutter. 9. If you prefer an antiqued look, use a distress or chalk ink to brush lightly against the fabric edges to darken them.
10. Adhere a piece of ribbon to the back as desired and stitch into place to create a hanger. 
Fiskars Acrylic Ruler other: White cotton muslin (8.5”x11”), cotton batting (8.5”x11”), temporary adhesive fabric stabilizer (8.5”x11”), plain chipboard (2.75”x4.75”), embroidery floss, embroidery ribbon, Embroidery and beading needles, embroidery hoop, iron, sewing machine (or hand sewing supplies), chipboard heart, small seed beads, 12” of desired ribbon for hanging |
