At Last....

A little while ago I promised to post a picture of my first ATC and finally here it is - plus two more!  It took me a while to get going but, as often happens, just starting is the hard part and once you get going you can't stop.

The first two are Winter Landscapes 1 & 2 - hopefully there will be some more - and the last is 'Sleepy Ewe'.  The top landscapes is a fabric made from silk cocoon strippings overlaid with painted bondaweb and some threads bonded on top with chain and whipped running stitch.  The second one has a painted bondaweb background overlaid with tyvek and chiffon with a variety of line stitches and couched threads. 

If you would like to join in but need some inspiration you might find this book useful

It arrived in my Christmas Stocking and is full of ideas and inspiration for ATC's as well as covering the basics of consructing a stitched ATC or postcard.  More details here

I hope to see some of your creations here soon.  They really don't take very long once you make a start and are a good way to try out different ideas.

Some ATC'S to Inspire You

I thought you might like to see these textile ATC's worked by members of St John's Guild of Embroiderers in Canada.  I came across them on the blog of Judy Cooper ,who kindly agreed to my posting them here, and via a link on her blog I discovered the Embroidery Association of Canada where you can see pictures of lots more.  For their 2010 Challenge they had 263 cards from 80 stitchers - could we beat that? 

If you find any interesting ATC's do add a comment with a link so we can share them.