It's been a long time since I've made a card for Mercy's Tuesday Sketch Challenge. I love her sketches, so it's good to be back! Now, I will also confess that I have long had a fascination with cards that were stitched. Not the fake stitching that you do with a gel pen but real, honest-to-pete stitching with thread and a sewing machine. Although I wouldn't presume to call myself a seamstress, I do know how to sew. I make all my own curtains (and other home decor things) and I've been known to sew a skirt or two. But I resisted stitching my cards because I was reluctant to drag out my regular sewing machine just to spend five minutes sewing cardstock!
So I began to investigate alternatives and what I kept reading about was the Janome Sew Mini. So a couple of weeks ago I took the plunge and bought it. It's so cute I can hardly stop looking at it! And its super-simple to operate. This is actually the second card I've stitched, but I forgot to take a picture of the other one before I gave it away. I've still got some practicing to do before I'm completely comfortable sewing paper, but it's so much fun. I especially like the zig-zag stitch (and it even matches the zig-zag pattern of the dp here)!
Thanks for stopping by and I hope you have time to stamp today!
Great mix of colors and patterns!
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