Vintage Sewing Tag

Technique: Papercraft

Materials:
600 gsm card stock
old sewing pattern
adhesive
muslin
Distress Inks:
* Antique Linen
* Bundled Sage
* Brushed Corduroy
scraps of lace
ephemera, embellishments etc

Tools:
Sizzix Big Shot Machine
Tim Holtz Alterations
* Tag and Book Plate die
* Tattered Florals die

This week's challenge at Simon Says Stamp is to Show Some Stitching. 

I covered a piece of card stock with several layers of an old sewing pattern before putting it through the Sizzix to cut the tag out.  Once cut I have distressed it with a little Brushed Corduroy.

I found this gorgeous postcard here, the site is worth the visit for all the other lovely vintage images freely available.

I printed the postcard on linen paper so that it had a fabric look.  Cut a piece of muslin slightly larger than the postcard, and glue that to a piece of ordinary white paper, then glue the post card in position on that so you have a three layer sandwich, then using a sewing machine zig zag around the edges to secure.  Tear away the base paper and pull out loose muslin threads until you have a fringed effect.  Distress the stitching and the muslin with antique linen.

The lace flowers are died with Antique Linen and Bundled Sage and glued into position on the card.  The button card that you can see peeking out from behind the postcard is an actual vintage button card, tattered and torn, from my grandmother's button collection.

The flower is made using layers of muslin and tissue paper from the sewing pattern and the Tattered Floral die.  I have about 9 layers, alternating between tissue, plain white muslin, and muslin dyed with Antique Linen.  The strips of fabric at the top of the tag are also muslin dyed with Antique Linen, love that colour!  The button that forms the centre of the flower is from my collection.