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Hell's Grannies: Yarn ATC - flowers

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Group:Hell's Grannies
Swap Coordinator:pahasiga (contact)
Swap categories: Crafts  Yarn  Artist Trading Card (ATC) 
Number of people in swap:3
Location:International
Type:Type 3: Package or craft
Last day to signup/drop:October 1, 2015
Date items must be sent by:October 31, 2015
Number of swap partners:1
Description:

For this swap, you will send your partner one ATC that

  • has a background crocheted and/or knitted by you;
  • has at least two flowers crocheted and/or knitted by you.

That's it for the requirements! Everything else is artist's choice - yarn/thread, pattern(s), and what else you want to add. You may make just those two flowers, or many more; you may add leaves, berries, stalks, butterflies, caterpillars; you may add flowers made by others; you may add embellishments made in other ways than crocheting or knitting (embroidering, felting, I have seen a flower-making tool); you may add buttons, ribbon, sequins, beads - whatever you think your ATC needs.

If you have never done yarn ATCs before, only paper collage ones, think of this as a yarn-based collage. It is not so much different, except that you depend much less on your stash for images - you can create everything yourself if you need to (there are plenty free patterns in net). And you get to use your beloved yarns and do your beloved craft. :)

Discussion

pahasiga 09/22/2015 #

Probably the most difficult part here is to make the background in correct size. Don't despair if you don't manage in first try - that's normal. And also it may be impossible to get it exactly right, it could be a millimetre here or there - don't despair about it, either. If you have one of those ATC sleeves, you can try slipping your background (without embellishments first, as those may make it bulky) into it - if it isn't too obviously loose, and doesn't get crumpled inside, either, you are good.

pahasiga 09/22/2015 #

For the backing, you have different options. If you want to keep your ATC soft, you can iron on iron-on backing fabric, or you can sew on a piece of fabric if you have fabric markers to write your information. If you want it to be more card-like, you can sew or glue or even crochet it to a card of suitable size - this could be a relatively easy way to make it stretch to the right size, actually. And there are probably other options - if you have suggestions, post them here!

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