Valentine Postcard Fabric

I recently went to a quilters de-stash with my mother and grandmother. I didn't have much luck finding anything of real interest there. I picked up a few bits of fabric and some embroidery floss because well..you never know when you may need it.

The following week we decided to try this going out of business sale. My mother quilts and is always on the lookout for good deals on fabric. I knew there wouldn't be much to look at, but still went because I enjoy spending time with them both. Three generations of us wild and crazy women shopping together.

Well as they looked around I decided to wander and dig in some of the bins they had. The store had put smaller remnants of fabric in plastic baggies and then thrown them into the bins. Most of the baggies were full of print fabrics, like one that was from a colonial women series. Basically made to look like red-work only..it was printed directly onto the fabric.

Well..look what I saved from the bins!!

There are around 25 of these vintage designs, they are all Valentines designs from what I can tell.

Here is the back of the postcards. Though it would have to be pieced together as it is not printed on reverse of each card.

Now I just have to figure out what to do with them. Any suggestions??

Its a Great Day to be Creative..

With leaves!

Remember the rubbings that we would do when we were little? You place a piece of paper over a fallen leaf and rub it with a crayon? Did you know you can do that on fabric??

This is the proof!

You simply iron a piece of fabric (we used white) and then place you leaf under the fabric as you would with paper. Then carefully rub the crayon (we prefer crayola, but you can use whatever you would like) over the leaf.

If you are really awesome (like my mother) you can do a two or even three toned leaf design. She is going to make something neat with our rubbings. I could feel her creative wheel turning.

She said the inspiration for this project came from me telling her that Limner misses the falling leaves. =) If you haven't already you need to click her name and check out her blog. She it too cool for words!