Quilted Greeting Cards

I decided to make quilted holiday cards this year. This is a DIY that you can use for greeting cards throughout the year. Now is also a good time to catch a sale on holiday fabric for Thanksgiving and Christmas.

What you will need:

-Fabric with or without already designed images for use.

-Scissors

-Pictures for images (note, for the lady and man dancing, I used photo images from pinterest as templates).

-Glue ( fabric glue or childrens glue), Steam a Seam or some time of iron-on stabilizer.

-Sewing machine

-Batting

-Card stock paper

Using my regular HP printer, I printed a message in the card. You can always leave the card blank if you plan to write a message. I used 8 1/2 x 11 inch card stock and folded it in half. If you are making smaller cards, once folded, you can then cut them in half for two cards.

I decided on a design for the cards and decided to draw the templates on paper. I used the paper to cut out the fabric pieces. The cardinal, is from fabric that had various cardinal birds already on it.

Cut a piece of background fabric a quarter inch smaller than the front of the card. Cut the batting the exact size of the front of the card so the batting is a little larger than the background fabric.

Lay out your pieces on the background fabric until you are happy with the design, then glue them lightly and let the glue fully dry. I set a large book on top of it overnight while it dried.

Once the picture is dry on the fabric, I put it on top of the batting and used the free-motion sewing matching stitching to outline the images while stitching them to the batting.

Glue the fabric picture/batting to the card with a stronger holding glue but use then layers so that it does not soak through the card. Let dry overnight.

There you have it. Have fun with this and make Birthday cards or holiday cards throughout the year. People will love this keepsake card.

If you make quilted cards, please share pictures. I would love to see your designs!!