| These charming greeting cards feature the FSL
Battenberg
Angel Lace. They're simple to craft and make great, professional-looking
keep-sakes.
For the lace, you will need water-soluble mesh and embroidery threads.
For the cards, you'll need card stock of various colors and patterns, and
various small embellishments - stickers, bows, ribbons, etc. |
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| Hoop 2 layers of water-soluble mesh and embroider the design of the
Angel. For our samples we used cotton threads of different colors with
a 12/80 needle and pre-wound polyester bobbins.
Wash away the stabilizer and air dry the motifs. |
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| Select the cardstock sheets. Cut out the needed size. Our cards are
6" x 7 1/2" (finished), so we cut out 12" x 7 1/2" strip. |
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Fold the cardstock strip in half widthwise. Press the folded line with
something heavy and dull, e.g. a scissors' handle, to make the crease neat
and permanent.
Unfold the card. Place the lace on the front panel where you 'd like
to attach it. With a pencil, mark the center of the design. |
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| Put the embroidery aside and with a pair of sharp scissors or a craft
knife, cut an "X" over the pencil mark. |
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| With a flat-headed pin, pin the lace motif to the front of the card
over the "X"-shaped cut. |
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| Using a quilting foot and free-motion settings in your machine, attach
the embroidery to the card. Follow the outline of the second color on the
embroidery. We used the same thread that we used for the second color of
the embroidery. In our case, this was metallic thread. |
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| Open the card. Insert the points of the scissors into the "x" cut and
start cutting away the paper under the lace. Cut the paper out as close
to the stiches as possible, but be careful not to cut into the embroidery. |
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| You are basically finished. The card is beautiful as it is. If you
would like to add more sparkle, you can further embellish the cards with
stickers, small beads, shells, crystals, etc. |
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Happy embroidering!
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We hope that you liked our idea and will come up with many of your
own!
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