Blue flowery arch

Before I talk about today's work, I'll just answer a question from Lizzie, whose comments post as no reply... She asked whether the postcards I receive come as they are or in envelopes - the answer is, a little of each. I get a lot of them, and send most of mine, with no plastic sleeve or envelope. Some do come through in clear sleeves, especially those with fragile embellishments, but you'd be surprised what makes it through with no damage "naked".


And now, today. Yes, a new month, and time for a new arch. This arch is for Hannah, who listed among her likes blues, greens, turquoise and nature. The base of the arch is a piece of hand-dyed fabric, with a large number of skeleton leaves attached with free motion quilting (mostly a meander with a few leaves and flowers thrown in). I then attached the flowers - the stems are bits of an old embossed postcard, coloured with Treasure Gold in Emerald, the large flowers are thin wooden stick-ons from the scrapbooking & cardmaking supply section of my local haberdashery - I don't scrapbook and I don't do a huge amount of card-making (in the paper-craft sense) but boy do I love all the embellishments available! The edging is a piece of ribbon folded over the side of the arch and stitched down; I then added some eyelash yarn along the outside edge with a blind hem stitch. I'm very happy with how this arch came out - hope Hannah will like it. The main problem with this swap is having to give the arches away...