Textile Postcard Project Week #104

September 29th - October 5th 2019

Most fabric was used to construct a cushion cover

Showing varied design

 I made a cushion cover from Asian hand dyed fabric. This is a pretty 'left over' sample. The fabric varied in colour which highlighted the sections which were tied and when revealed showed they had been dyed in a contrasting colour to begin with.
The background is a rather stripey commercial cotton fabric.

Highlighted 'tied design' 

The posting of this week's postcard marks the end of two years of postcard entrees into my Textile Postcard Blog. I have made the decision to continue for one more year. By then my stash of samples and odd fabric activities may well be exhausted.

Textile Postcard Project Week #103

September 22nd - 28th 2019

Australian Bush Colours

'Daisy Flower' feature

The background cotton fabric this week has been procian dyed as have the maps of Australia. I have made a template and a stamp featuring this map of Australia. Note that I have joined the island of Tasmania to the mainland. This was done so I could easily include this southern state. There is no stitching on this postcard and glue has been used to keep the maps in place.

Textile Postcard Project Week #102

September 15th -21st 2019

Circles, circles and more circles!

 Hand dyed cotton fabric has been used for this week's postcard. It is a section of a sampler where I have practiced the use of circles. Some circles have been stitched by machine and some have been hand printed. Stitching in a circle is not so easy. One has to turn the fabric at a very even rate. Can you see the wobbles in my stitched circles?

Stitching in a circle

Textile Postcard Project Week #101

September 8th - 14th 2019

In the tree tops!

Cotton fabrics have been used to make this design. The original postcard was made and given to me by a friend. Most fabrics I expect are commercial but there have been a couple of hand dyed ones used. These add movement and variation. 

Detail of machine stitching on branches and background

Textile Postcard Project Week # 100

September 1st-7th 2019

Random patterns for experimentation

Full view of postcard 100 shows a background of hand dyed cotton fabric which I have used for a practise sample of free machine stitching. 
This is the 100th card that I have posted within this project....I have no idea how longer I will continue. Maybe it depends on how many sampler scraps I can locate in my drawers and boxes!

My free stitching is 'mostly' in control!