Oi! I had a VERY productive day (especially surprising seeing my last post!) - I pieced and appliqued the center on the Hmong folktale quilt (I simply *adore* redesigning as I go when I discover things don't fit anymore, don't you??? NOT!!!), I went for an errandy walk with my hubby after our healthy-girl-salad lunch, only bought one magazine at Borders (the latest Quilting Arts, which I liked, for once), and then used said magazine as my inspiration to go make my first postcard!
I had thought that I might do Tarot postcards, and got out my Robin Wood deck (by FAR the best deck I have found to date), shuffled, and turned over the top card - Ace of Swords: Strength from Adversity. Hm. Well, I got this great idea for showing the silver lining of a cloud by slicing it in half with the sword, but by the time I got into the fabrics, the sword itself had been deleted from the scheme altogether! So much for my tarot cards!!! Lol... anyway - my card has a picture of a storm cloud on it, and a slit that lets you peek behind part of it to show the silver lining! I painted text on it that says "See? Told you so." The question mark is HUGE and bright red, and is the only real color on the front of the card. It seemed pretty bland without the splash, and it seems to me like sometimes it is hard to believe the platitudes in a bad situation, so that is part of it too.
Anyway - thanks to your hints, I hope to actually put up pictures of all this dreck on the morrow when my eyes have recovered from my first foray into nylon monofilament; I love the stuff, but WOW is it hard on my eyes!!!
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