Puff it up!

I figured out why my postcard didn't puff up like I thought it would when I heated the craft foam - my stitching was too dense. I made another sample yesterday and did some really big stippling stitches - it puffed great! The sample was big enough to cut down for two postcards but then I had the problem of 'what do you put on top of a bunch of puffy fabric'? On one I put an applique I have had for about 5 years and the other got a leftover piece of the sample put on top (cut much smaller) and a little heart applique that I fussy cut from another piece of fabric. Didn't take photos - they're not that great - they are nice - but not great.

Oh - I bought some watercolor-paper postcards to try as a backing for the postcards instead of fabric. I'll have to dig out one of my old needles to use so I don't ruin the one I'm using on the machine now. I've been reading that a lot of people do this and it will be SO much eaiser to write on than fabric!

Not much else going on - today I cleaned house instead of play in my studio. But ya gotta do what ya gotta do!