Using Fabric Postcards

Fabric postcards are relatively easy to create. Basically they are just like any other postcard (and treated as such, particularly when mailing) as long as they do not exceed the normal postcard postage dimensions.

Fabric, or customized postcards, also happen to make a perfect gift to receive, and to send too!

Not only can they be environmentally friendly, but making the postcards is a highly creative process.

Watching people go WOW when they receive a material postcard is quite amazing because the postcard itself is unusual and completely different to other postcards.

Customized postcards really get noticed!

Creating Your Fabric Postcards

Here are some of the tools that you would need to make a material postcard and/or customize your postcard.

• Sewing machine
• Fabric scissors and ruler
• Fabric for the front and back of your postcards
• Fabric scraps, ribbons, yarns, fibers, feathers, sequin, paper
• Thread for sewing and to match or complement your fabric
• Stabilizer: Your material postcard needs a 4" x 6" piece or larger in case you want to trim it down after

All different sorts of fabric to choose from!

Here are some optional materials that you can use:

• Decorative threads
• Bobbin
• Fabric markers
• Netting or tulle
• Thin batting
• Rubber stamps and stamp pads
• Pens for writing on the postcards

Tips To Creating Your Postcard

To make your postcard standout, you must use extra special materials, as you'd notice above. Having your own sewing machine is a plus too.

Uncut cotton fabric from Nashua Mills

Browse and you'll find some good tutorials on how to make fabric-postcards. Look for the step by step instructions because creating these sort of customized postcards can be a bit tricky at times.

The advantage of creating these postcards is that you get to create something highly original, and quite powerful to mail.

So if you're artistically inclined then this is a great part time project or hobby to try.

You can also create one-off postcards such as special Christmas postcards, or get a postcard printer to bulk print your postcard.

When creating a customized postcard or fabric based postcard it might help to get inspiration from scrapbooking, graphic design books, sewing books or photography as well.

You can sketch out your ideas beforehand. This'll give you a basic template to work with before you start cutting the material.

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