Trip Around the World Christmas Cards

It's December and it's that time of year when I put a morning aside and make Christmas cards.


These are actually what I made last year but I made them so late that there wasn't much time left to share the idea.

Hope there's time for you to try them this year.

First of all cut lots of 1'' x 1'' squares of Christmas fabrics with your rotary cutter and ruler. Cut as many as you can.

Now start laying them out in rows on your ironing board.

 Make sure you place them right side down.

Make the rows as long as your ironing board.

And then keep adding rows. Make sure there are no gaps between the squares. Spend time trying to get the rows as perfect as you can.

Cut some bondaweb/fusible web the same height as your cards are going to be. Now carefully iron the strips of bondaweb onto the fabric squares, trying very hard not to displace them.

It's very cool when you can lift them all up once they're attached.

Now carefully trim the top and the bottom. 

Once this is done you can cut various widths to fit your cards.

If you look carefully at my selection of cards you can see how I cut differing widths. Sometimes a small, narrow piece is more effective than covering the whole surface.

And you can also make bookmarks.

 

Here I've used Christmas fabrics but you can use any fabrics you like and make any cards you want with whatever patchwork block design you like. Cards for all times of the year and for every occasion.

Happy ironing.