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So the last couple of nights i have been at my mum's and Sunday night she was making prick and stitch Christmas cards and they was just lovely, last night i was looking for any free patterns for her when i came across a fab tutorial for quilted cards over on MADE by a lady called Dana who got it from a friend who found it in a quilting book. So i had to have ago. and this is how it turned out.

I changed the direction of the material as i really wanted to use the Christmas ribbon.

I also added a padded heart i had made a few days ago from some tartan (which is supposed to be going on a bag or making a broach from) on which i embroidered (badly) the word Nan.

This was stitched on using the sewing machine as well.

The green is a scrap of velvet from a shrug I'm making at the moment.

The red is some material left over from the alteration made on my wedding dress.

The ribbon i bought a couple of years ago

                                                               And the tartan i was given some scraps of free in my sewing class.

The cat thought she should be in a picture as well!!

these are sooo quick and easy to make and can be made from any fabric for any occasion.

i used an ugly card stock i got in a pack but you could recycle a cereal box to make this and cover both sides and then glue in some plain paper/card to cover the stitching.

if anyone wants to have ago at making the padded heart let me know and ill post a tutorial for you.

have a go there quick easy, cheap, fun to make and Eco-friendly !!!