Always game for a challenge I jumped right in on the New Year Postcard swap at CQI. Postcards seem like they would be a breeze to do, simple, quick, easy. Well, not for me. First of all how many layers? I tried one with a velvet top with felt inside and muslin as the back and bonded together with iron-on stiffener. It was too solid to finish off the edges. The second try showed that sequins cannot be ironed, even from the back, as they flatten out. I hand buttonhole stitched the edge, and it's passable. The third try is this at the right. The sequins are flattened again as i had to iron on the stiffener. I made myself learn how to do this edging on my machine with some metallic gold thread which worked OK. Here are my practice pieces. None are good enough to swap. I'm going to try once more........
