Tissue Holders

How cute are these?!?!?!?!  Holly showed us how to make these at the CMQG retreat.  I LOVE THEM.  They are SO EASY.  You can find a good tutorial here at Sew Much 2 Luv.

Holly did a couple things differently than SM2L's tutorial...  She only used three pieces, and I think its fine for the inside of the tissue holder to be the wrong side of the fabric.  We also didn't zig zag the edges.

For the yellow/green/grey one on top I decided to overlap the flaps by 1/4" so it holds the tissue tighter.  I definitely like this better than leaving it without an overlap (orange one).  Both work great, so its just your personal preference.

Yay!!!  Pretty Tissues!

Fabric Postcards ~ CMQG

Sunday was an awesome day!  I was able to attend my very first meeting of the Chicago Modern Quilt Guild.  Everyone was so welcoming!  It was definitely everything I was hoping for...excited quilters, great ideas, and fun, fun, fun!  

We all had a great time making fabric post cards.  The one above I finished at the meeting.  I brought some scraps left from the Frolicking Flowers Pillow, and a fussy cut flower!

 

It was simple and quick.  We used peltex as the base.  I foundation pieced all of my scraps and then embroidered with fun stitches.  Lastly, I sewed my mini quilt to the cardstock post card.  You can find printable post card templates online.  I know what you're thinking, and YES they do go through the actual mail!!!

I can't wait to make tons more!!  =)