Vintage Sewing ATCs

Still not working on that on-line class! Instead I made a set of vintage sewing themed artist trading cards for a swap. We can do a total of 9 cards, with each set being different, I might just do that if I can find some more vintage images that would work. The idea was to incorporate fabric, trims, lace, buttons, etc. in your work. This is what I came up with...

This one is my favorite .. it has a fabric background, then a piece of mulberry paper that you can barely see. On top of that is the image, some glossary terms from a pattern piece, and some tape measure pieces. 7 Gypsies has a 12"x12" piece of scrapbooking paper that is just rows and rows of different size tape measures, the name of the paper is Mesurement. It's great for this type of thing. Oh yeah - buttons. Getting the needle through the fabric, cardstock, and all the rest was a pain - probably would have been easier if I hadn't used an embroidery needle - it has a rounded point instead of a sharp one!

This one has a painted background with pattern tissue over it. The pattern tissue isn't as sheer as regular tissue paper. I wish it was. This one has some rick-rack on it that I dabbed with acrylic paint to tone down the red. Look at that machine - looks heavy as hell! Back when sewing machines were metal not plastic! I wonder what she was making.

Mimi Kirchner sent me some vintage sewing emphemera from the 70's. Pages from sewing booklets, the ones with photos of the clothes and the pattern numbers, plus how to articles. Think this one was put out by McCall but I don't have the cover just a bunch of loose pages so I can't really tell. The photos are a riot! It even has those stupid jumpers that I had to sew in Home Ec. Boy, does that bring back memories! But they are great for cutting out words and sayings, etc. This one has a sewing article as background, covered with tissue paper, then stuff glued to it. Technical term there .. stuff! It has lace on the bottom but it doesn't show up too well.

Back to the grind!