Fabric Artist Trading Cards

7. Snip various threads, yarns, bits of metals, and randomly place on top of the felt (figure G).

8. Place Angelina fibers around the fabric shapes.

9. Sprinkle a very small amount of Bo-Nash or tiny snippets of fusible web (figure H) over the thread and yarn snippets. Place a chiffon scarf on top of the felt and thread snippets.

10. Place a piece of parchment paper on top of the chiffon scarf and press. (Parchment paper protects your iron from becoming tacky from the fusible.) Set iron to the wool/cotton setting and iron the chiffon, snippets, and other bits to the felt (figure I). The fusible is holding the sandwich together until it is free-motion stitched, so there may be loose bits of fabrics on top.

12. With a heat gun, four to six inches away from your fabric, "zap" the sandwiched piece (felt, chiffon, heart shapes) for a few seconds in different areas (figure K), watch closely to see if bits of the chiffon scarf are shriveling away. Do not burn all of the chiffon away, but simply create holes to reveal the brighter hue below. Caution: Overheating the felt with the heat gun could result in burning the fabric and losing the luminosity of the Angelina fibers. Work in a well-ventilated area.

13. Cut the felt piece into 2-1/2" x 3-1/2" artist trading cards (ATCs) (figure L). A 9" x 12" felt piece should yield approximately eight to nine ATCs.

14. Glue a decorative trim (figure M) around each ATCs with fabric glue.

15. When the glue is dry, leave as is, or zigzag stitch over the trim.

16. Cut a piece of card stock, trimmed to size (figure N), and glue to the back of each trading card. Sign and date your ATCs (figure O).

17. Trade your ATCs with a friend!