I have finally accepted that, since they are now 10 & 14, it is unlikely that I will ever use my sewing machine to sew that darling little range of velveteen sailor suits for my boys. I've held off using it for papercrafting, afraid that I might damage it by sewing onto card, but it seems that as long as you don't put glue where you intend sewing, all should be fine.
So, since I might as well get some use out of it, for the past few days I've been experimenting with machine sewing onto cards. My sewing is still as bad as it has ever been, but on a card I can pass wonkiness off as, ahem, "shabby chic".
I made this card using up old scraps I would have thrown away. It's a bit busy, but that's ok. I like a lot going on on a card :)
Here's what I used:
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