Two more quiltlets finished, three to go

I'm slowly getting my Christmas gifts made this year.  The final three are still in the drafting stage, but I will share them when they are finished.

This one is headed to Canada, for my friend Cindy.   I somehow doubt she has received it yet, but I wanted to show it at the same time as I showed the other one I made.  I still need to finish her birthday gift, which I started back in late July.  She may get it by August next year (grin).

I should have known better than to attach this using iron on tape, but I didn't want globs of E-6000 on the fabric. It originally contained embossing powder that raised the letters, but they melted when I set the iron on the card stock sentiment.

I used paper tape, and some of the embossing powder transferred from my iron to the tape when I ironed it in place.

This is the back of Cindy's quiltlet.   You may have seen I made the designs using Paintstiks.

Bleubeard and I always sign our work this way.   Mostly he sleeps and eats, but that's enough to get his signature on the art "we" make.  I colored the paper using one of the water-color crayons Cindy sent me for Christmas last year.

I'm not completely sure where all that color came from, but it's not that bright in the fabric.

 The second quiltlet was for Linda of heARTfully inspired by Linda.  I originally purchased the fabric with her in mind.  She has been so good to me over the years, and I wanted to do something that reflected her love of France.  I left the thread strings long to reflect the sewn quiltlet.

It's obvious I didn't learn from my first mistake I made ironing the embossed image.

I was a bit worried when I ironed this plastic tape measure to the quiltlet.  I would have been mortified if it had melted after I had nearly finished the assembly.

The pale pink fluffy stuff is actually rose ribbon.  It will have to be fluffed again when it is removed from the package so it will actually look like roses.   Although the front of Cindy's quiltlet was in one piece, I wanted Linda's to be a bit more complex.

Unfortunately, I didn't exactly think it through, especially after I learned the Pellon I bought at JoAnn's for such a good price was not intended to stick two pieces of fabric together, but was instead, stabilizer.  Thankfully, I found a product in my stash that would stick two fabrics together until they could be sewn.

I did something similar to the back, too, especially since I didn't have enough Paintstik stenciled fabric.
 

One final look at the two quiltlets.  I tried to align them side by side,
but couldn't until I went to BigHUGELabs.

Thanks for joining me today as I shared my two France inspired quiltlets I made for friends Cindy and Linda.  I'm always grateful that you stopped by because I love wonky sewing as much as I love altered art.  BTW, the other artists I'm making gifts for have been notified their gifts will be late this year.  So much for working ahead.