2010-05-04

May 4th - 2010 - Free Paper Quilted Card Pattern Design From Louise Chisholm


PAPER QUILT CARD PATTERN :please feel free to use this pattern for your own work. If you sell or publish, please give me design credit. Louise Chisholm

Materials: rice paper, Sennelier inks,paper punches, paper contour scissors, coloured thread to match papers, Aileens clear tacky glue, purchased blank cards and envelopes in various pastel colours (5 1\4 by 51\4 square).

Instructions:

Colouring rice paper: Lay pieces of rice paper on wax paper. Paint, using wide brush and few brush strokes with very dilute ink (about 3 drops for 2 tablespoons water, more ink makes a darker colour. Dry well. Remove from wax paper, Iron.
1. Make the paper construct to fit the size of card you have.
2. Cut papers in squares, triangles, borders. Punch our shapers, using both the shape and the cut out.
3. Using a toothpick and tiny drops of glue assemble each Quilt. These are 4 1\4 square to fit on the card.Lay each 'quilt' between sheets of wax paper and put under a book till dry. If they buckle, iron them on the back.
4. Using co-ordinating machine weight thread quilt as desired. \\if you want ruled lines or specific shapes, draw then on the back in faint pencil.
When sewing, don't pull the thread too hard or the paper will tear.
5. Glue on to card front.

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