Fabric-fused cards
You will need:
8 ½ x 11 inch card-weight paper (I use the medium-thick printer paper)
Fabrics of your choice (these can be scraps)
Wonder-under or any other fusible web (look at your craft/sewing store)
An iron and ironing board/surface
Calligraphy pen (optional) or markers (optional)
Fold your paper in half to make a card.
Make a template for the fabric design-think about what kind of design
you want to put on your card. It is best to keep them simple. I like to
use cookie cutters as patterns (you can also use a cereal box, just
trace pattern on box and cut out).
Heat iron. Place fusible web with paper backing side down on ironing
board and then place fabric, right side up, on top of fusible web. Cover
fabric with thin towel/ironing cloth.
Iron the fabric and fusible web together, using an up and down motion,
DO NOT SLIDE THE IRON! You want to press it and then lift and move,
press, lift move, for a few seconds in each spot.
Set iron aside but keep hot. Trace template pattern onto right side of
fused fabric with chalk or pencil. Cut out design just inside
chalk/pencil lines (or erase them after cutting so they don’t show.)
Fuse fabric to card- Peel off the paper backing on the back side of the
fused fabric. Place fabric design on card where you want it. Put a
pressing cloth on top of card and iron in the same pressing and lifting
motion that you did before.
Now you can use markers, calligraphy pens, or even fabric paint to jazz
up your card. These cards can be made for any occasion and are very easy
to do once you learn how! Go crazy!
About the author
Kim Tilley, a tightwad at heart, is the mother of three active boys
and the founding editor of Frugal-Moms.com. Frugal by force and later by choice, Kim cut her income by 60% to stay at home with her children and discovered that anyone can live better for less. Her work has appeared in print publications such as The Tightwad Gazette. In her free time, she entertains herself by chasing kids and finding ways to create something from nothing!
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