The Angelina Fibers really sparkle, but are notorious for not photographing well. The technique was reverse applique.
I fused a sheet of Angelina.
Then I layered Timtex, Angelina, and the top blue fabric on which an outline of the snowflake shape had been traced.
Then I straight-stitched over the outline of the snowflake.
Then I carefully cut out the center of the snowflake in just the top blue fabric, careful not to disturb/destroy/cut the sparkly Angelina underneath.
Then I satin-stitched the edges of the snowflake and finished off the edges as usual for a post card.
What to know what else we were doing this weekend? Though we have plenty of snow outside, Oliver and I made Borax Crystal Snowflakes :
Here are the ingredients :* Borax (in the laundry aisle at the grocery store)
* hot water
* pipe cleaners
* string
Instructions for growing a Borax Crystal Snowflake.
We got the above dramatic results! It's remarkably easy and cheap entertainment.
