Ohhhh I'm sooo excited to introduce sweet Jackie, my darling friend who is also on Amanda's creative team with me!!! I roped asked her nicely to join my in my 12 days celebration, and she accepted!!
Check out her fun tutorial today!!
Download a printable PDF copy of the tutorial here!
Here's what we are making:
Supplies:
Scraps of fabric in Christmas colours
Blank cards or cardstock
Fusible product like Wonder Under
Tools:
Sewing machine
Iron
Baby GO! or Rotary cutter
Instructions
Following manufacturer’s instructions, put Wonder Under to the back of the scraps of fabric. Cut out fun shapes such as Christmas balls, poinsettias, bells, candy canes, snowmen and Christmas trees.
If you are using cardstock and it is the bigger pages, ie 15” x 15”, fold it in half and then half again. If it is not blank cardstock, then just fold so the white side is out and it will work. To be really thrifty, cut your cardstock in half and fold once so white is on the outside. If the pattern is too busy in the middle, cut out some white paper in the shape of a bubble or tree and glue on the inside.
Arrange your fused fabric pieces to the outside of your card and iron on. Take your card to the sewing machine and stitch down in a fun pattern. Remember to open your card up. I have a needle set aside just for sewing with paper products as it really dulls the needle quickly. Clip the threads and either leave the stitches showing on the inside, or cover with paper. I leave them as the card inevitably ends up in the recyclable bin.
You may need to take a fine tipped marker and outline or embellish if you want.
Tip:
If you are wanting to do this as a craft with kids, don’t fuse anything on the back and let them glue the fabric on to the front. You could also use craft foam as a substitute for fabric, easier to cut for little fingers.
______________________________
Yay!!! Thanks, Jackie, so much for sharing this tutorial with us!!! You still have time to get your Christmas cards out!! What a fun way to make them!
Visit Jackie over at her blog, and see her new dyed fabrics that she is selling in her Etsy store, too!! Scrumptious!!!
Here's a pic of her fabrics…sooo yummmy!!
Gorgeous, right??? You can get these fabrics right here!!
Here's one of my favorite Christmas quotes:
{image from the Vintage Workshop and Amy Barickman}
Check out some of Jackie's other tutorials that she has posted!!
For example, this very cool quilt!!!
Isn't that fun???
that tutorial is right here!!!
Here is my favorite treat at Christmas time!!!
Treasure Chests!!
and what better way to eat them then with a gorgeous cup of coffee???
very yummy, right???
Ohhhh you NEED this recipe!! It was a 25, 000$ Bake-off Winner way back when!! and yes, it deserved it!!
Here it is…click on it to see it bigger!!
and the frosting? ohhh so yummmy!! I use this frosting recipe with food coloring to decorate my Fourth of July Flag cakes each year!!
{both recipe layouts use Jennifer Labre's Sugar & Spice kit and add-on from Oscraps}
Ohhhh Let me know if you bake these! We've done two batches so far this season…yep, I'm up a bunch of pounds…*sigh*
When you comment on one of these fabulous 12 days posts, you are automatically entered to win my grand prize that I will give out the day after Christmas!!! yay!!!!
Wanna see something from the stack of gifties I have for you??? You'll have to check back tomorrow!! teeeheeeee!!!
Come back tomorrow when I have a fun tutorial and a FREE PATTERN!!! yipeeeeee!!!
Well, your designs for cards are cute and Treasure Chests are the yummy-est! I have born a new Martha Stewart. Great blog. I actually love the way you present it all.
thanks! You are a sweetie!
Sally your blog is amazing. You have grown so much in the few years I’ve known you and I want to be just like you when I grow up! Heehee
Oh, lots of goodies on this post. Thanks for sharing them with us.
I just love the cards & thanks somuch for the PDF – makes it so much easier to save. I haven’t done my cards yet so I’m going to make some for the special people on my card list. Now I’m going to go copy the recipe – sounds yummy! Thanks.
Yummy recipe!And great idea with the cards. Have to try those! Thanks so much!
those cards are so cute. Thanks for the tip about using an old needle in the machine. Iwill start saving those to use with the cards.
Thank you for the link to Jackie’s quilt and the cards. The cookies sound like they will be perfect with a cup of tea.
Love these cards! And the recipe looks good!
Love the cards however way out of my reach this year, I’ve not even written any shop bought ones yet!
I have never tried Treasure Chests before. The browned butter icing sounds super yummy! I’m going to try it on Sugar Cookies! Also, the special package you sent arrived this week! I am totally making the ring pin cushion (found some sweet ring blanks on Etsy!). Thanks again for the special Xmas fabric surprise, too! Just lovely!
Very cute cards and the cookies look delicious.
Oh, fabric Christmas cards, what a fun idea! The cookies look yummy. Thanks!
Treasure Chests sound delicious!! I’ve never heard of them before!! I’ll definitely be trying this recipe – thanks!