Little Quilts On The Go

stitching pretty fabrics together on the JUKI HZL Exceed 600

I dearest to brand Valentine postcard quilts. Most postcard tutorials present how to brand the postcards one-by-one, but this ship service volition present how to piece of job a machine quilting frame to create lots of postcards at the same time. First, I become through my stash together with selection out reds, pinks together with view fabrics together with sew together them together.

Machine quilting hearts together with loops on the vi human foot New English linguistic communication Quilter amongst the JUKI TL98P

Then I charge the pieced go past times on my New English linguistic communication Quilter frame amongst some fleece underneath to serve every bit backing together with wadding.

scalloped machine quilting special stitched amongst the JUKI TL98P on the New English linguistic communication Quilter frame

Then I pick out pretty pinkish together with blood-red threads from the Superior Threads arrive at together with 'draw' scallops around the hearts or doodle loops together with hearts over the pieced go past times to create texture.

Notice the gorgeous machine quilting threads, from Superior Threads inwards the background.  I'm using Fantastico.

Creating the line of piece of job designs amongst thread on the stuff 'canvas' is the fun part!

machine quilting hearts together with loops special amongst Fantastico #5031

This is a fun agency to endeavour out lots of dissimilar designs together with play amongst lots of dissimilar threads.

hearts together with loops machine quilting special amongst variegated Rainbows thread from Superior Threads

Next, brand the postcard backing. There are postcard templates that tin live downloaded, scaled to diverse sizes together with hence printed on your habitation printer. Use an onetime tedious blade together with your ruler together with mat to rotary cutting the postcards for a professional person look.

cutting out the postcard backings amongst the rotary cutter, ruler together with mat

• Now accept your postcard backings together with detect some overnice parts of your quilted top. 
• Use them every bit templates together with cutting upwards your quilted go past times to agree lots of niggling postcards. 
• I piece of job pair of scissors to snip circular the kickoff time. 
• Then I instantly sew together circular the postcard, 
• Then piece of job the abrupt rotary cutter blade to tidy the edges. 
• Then lastly become dorsum to the machine together with zig-zag around the edges.

Zig-zaging circular the edges amongst the JUKI Exceed 600 using variegated Fantastico thread

the stuff front end together with the postcard backing are all stitched together

Now they're all create to write your notes together with popular inwards the post. My postmistress was hence impressed. Posting costs simply the same every bit an ordinary postcard or alphabetic quality together with they go all over the world!

machine quilted postcards all stitched together with create to go

If yous desire to hand-deliver the postcards yous tin detect together with impress your ain stamps.

Fabric postcards amongst a view postage for manus delivery

I likely spent to a greater extent than fourth dimension writing this weblog ship service than making the postcards! The NEQ quilting frame makes it possible to brand lots of cards speedily together with beautifully. What fun to brand niggling quilts that teach to go all over the world! Once you've made some you'll mean value of all form of other themes together with occasions to brand together with ship machine quilted postcards. For other postcard ideas see my 'Going Places' pinterest board.