Tuesday, August 22, 2006

First Fiber Post Card back home now

This is my very first Fiber Postcard. It was on display at the Tohono Chul Park in Tucsan this past Spring. They had a show of Fiber Postcards at the park with the theme "Wish You Were Here" in Arizona.

I gave it a small twist and made it "Dad WAS Here." During WWII one of the places he was stationed was in Arizona with the 535th Army Air Force. He managed a bowling alley for the Army here. (He's the guy in the center of the picture bottom left.)

The card is made with iron-on transfers of scans of photos from his photo album and is all hand-sewn. Except for the ribbon around the edge, which I ran through a Xyron first, then used the blanket stitch to hold in place.

My second Fiber Postcard utilized a variation of Japanese Rag Weaving. I cut strips of colorful fabrics, wove them together, sewed down the edges with a whipstitch (to keep threads from getting caught in postal machinery), and mailed it off to a friend. It made it without any problems. Again, it was all hand sewn.

Soon, I hope to make and mail many more of these fun projects! Amazingly, they both traveled for the price of a stamp that you would put on a store-bought postcard! WOO HOO!