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Chunky Pages

Fabric Chunky Page – Butterfly

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I made this chunky fabric page for a swap.  I started by piecing together brightly colored cotton fabric in “quilting style”.  I added some heart shaped buttons and a piece of black satin ribbon to make the butterfly.  I added letter beads to spell “FLY HIGH” and some detail stitching to finish.

I used felt to pad the middle and backed the page with cotton fabric.  I added a flowered ribbon to dress up the back.  I added a small stitched piece of 14 ct. Aida fabric to add my info to the page.

I completed the page by using embroidery floss to do a dense blanket stitch around the edge and adding coordinating fibers.

I love the bright and happy colors used on this page!

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Inchies

Inchies

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Inchies!

    top row:

  1. cut image, collage text, painted border, stamped text
  2. painted background, shrinky dink rose, stamped text
  3. painted background with torn paper, origami tree
  4. string art on a pierced background
  5. cut image, collage text, painted border, stamped text
    second row:

  1. pen and ink doodle art
  2. painted background, hand drawn fish, glitter glue, thread
  3. paper collage and punched stars
  4. hand drawn images on a book page background
  5. cut image from stamp, collage text, tiny star glitter
    third row:

  1. hand drawn images on a book page background
  2. string art on a pierced background
  3. doodles and glitter on a handmade paper background
  4. hand drawn images on a bleach painted background
  5. collage images on a handmade paper background with a gem
    fourth row:

  1. hand drawn images on a bleach painted background
  2. cut image, collage text, painted border, stamped text
  3. pen and ink doodle art
  4. cut image, collage text, painted border, stamped text
  5. punched images and stamping on a book page background
    fifth row:

  1. collage images embellished with gold metallic pen on a watercolored background
  2. paper collage and punched stars
  3. shrinky dink heart and stamping on a book page background
  4. pen and ink doodle art
  5. painted background, hand drawn fish, glitter glue, thread

Made for a swap.

Chunky Pages

Fabric Chunky Page – Flower

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I made this fabric chunky page for a swap.  I stamped muslin with garden and flower related words to use as my background.  I cut and appliqued the flower using embroidery floss and blanket stitch.

I found the cute little Georgia state image on another piece of fabric, and zig-zag stitched it to the back side.

Then I stitched a verse for the front and my name and info for the back side on Aida fabric and attached the pieces with a simple stitch around the border.

I can’t remember if I used felt or quilt batting to pad the middle … but I used embroidery floss to add stitches through the layers to “quilt it” a bit.  I added the piped edge which I stitched around with white embroidery floss.

I then threaded some beads to matching purple yarn and safety pinned it to the back side as an extra touch of embellishment.