“The virtual vacation” -this is the title of the third challenge that you can find on Kim Lapacek’s website “PROJECT QUILTING”.
When I was little, I often went on vacation to my grandparents in the countryside. It was not too far from where I lived, but for me it was always a pretty big trip.
Those were amazing days. They were full of sunshine, joy, and adventures. It was there that I had the opportunity to stroke a newly born calf for the first time. I learned to climb trees and fell into ditches full of nettles while learning to ride a bike. I learned to use a hammer while nailing wooden boxes. I fed rabbits, “the giant ones” (compered to my little ones), with dandelion and clover. I jumped on hay and did many other mysterious things that little explorers do.
However, what stuck in my mind the most was a beautiful memory of an enchanted meadow, full of fragrant chamomiles. In this meadow my mother showed me how to wind flower wreaths for the first time. I remember, when looking from my grandparents’ yard, the meadow reached the horizon, and it was full of white flowers. It was enough to open a small wooden gate and I was already in another world. I think If I had heard about fairies or little elves back then, I would have believed that they lived there.
I know that it’s not very realistic, and that today my grandparents are gone, as is my mother, that yard is not there anymore, and that lovely meadow disappeared, but if I just had the opportunity, I would love to spend my summer vacation there again.
For this reason, I decided to make a card full of chamomile flowers. Among my scraps I found a fabric (hand dyed by me) in a beautiful green and I added little chamomile flowers onto it with a pencil.
Next, using fabric paint, I started coloring the flowers.
Yellow first.
Then green. It is a glitter color and shimmers nicely in the light. Then it was time to add some white. Additionally, I used silver paint to color the edges of the petals. I was hoping that this would emphasize each individual petal, but it did not work out that way.
Therefore, in addition, I used a black permanent marker on the petals. It came out well.
All that’s left is to quilt and my little card will be ready. But how do I machine quilt such a tiny thing. I could use a regular sewing machine, but that’s not what I bought a Bernina Q24 for. Let’s see what that little one is capable of.
So, I put on a tiny table that is mounted when quilting with rulers, I locked the guides, lifted the handles, and started the machine.
The beginning was weird. I was necessary for me to switch to the fact that not the machine, but the fabric moved under the foot.
I quilted fine meanders, and after a few minutes it was ready. My Bernina did a great job.
Using double side fusible web, I glued an additional piece of fabric onto the back of my postcard, covering any visible stiches.
I trimmed to the suitable size and covered the edges with a thick zigzag stich.
When the card was covered all around with the zigzag, I decided to additionally decorate the edges with a manual cover stich in yellow.
Then I sewed in yellow beads.
Then I started to work on the back of the card. I divided my card in half with a hand stitch. I also made helping lines for the address and name and a place for the postal stamp.
I also wanted to make a postal stamp but could not decide what method I should use. In the end I also colored in the centers of the chamomile flowers.
My postcard is finished. In my opinion, it turned out beautiful.
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