Pokey Bolton, former editor of Quilting Arts Magazine and now chief creative officer of IQA in Houston, TX, recently asked for postcards to raise money for a no-kill animal shelter in Houston. Apparently they are overrun with pets because of recent natural disasters. You can read about it on her blog here. The fabric postcards will be for sale for $20 each. I like to make postcards and have done quite a few over the years. Remember to click on any picture for a bigger view of all.
Drawing is not my strong point so I decided to get some novelty fabrics. I bought these quarter yards and then fussy-cut one animal from each one. I had some landscapey type fabric in my stash and fused an animal to a background.
Then I machine quilted some grass and flowers on each one, matching the flowers to the animal. I used Jeans Stitch thread which is very heavy and gives the impression of hand-made French knots.
I won't be going to Houston this year and will not have a quilt there, either, so this way a little bit of me will be at the show.
10 comments:
They are adorable and for such a great cause.
Oh my goodness. They are adorable. I love the bulldog!
They're all great; I think my favorite is the bulldog. Today I messed around with pics in photoshop in the hopes that I can get some postcards made, too.
Very cute. I think we will all exceed Pokeys expectations. Go Quilters!
These are so much fun, Norma! I love them!
Adorable!!!
lovely- especially the one with the bright red heart! I have to make one soon!!!
Those are really really cute Norma! :)
Very cute!
These are really nice and Im sure will be snapped up! I used to belong to a postcard swap group - makes me want to go and make some.
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