This is not a complete fabric idea...but I'll tell you what I have done once. I used a heavy card stock in a tanish color. Cut and folded it. Cut a good size heart shape out of the front of it. On the back side of the heart I used old quilt fabric and sewed it to the card with the quilt facing the front. I used a fancy stitch that looked like quilt stitching and followed around the edge of the heart. Stuffed a little stuffing to make the heart puff out a little and then cut a backing for the back side of the front of the card. to cover where the back side of the old quilt was. Glued that on and had a card. It has been a long time ago that I made those but I think at that time I sold them for $2.00 each. patti

There are some animated e-cards that I have rec'd from friends from the Jacquie Lawson series for the 4th of July and Valentines Day. They are beautiful and you subscribe to the service. But, you are right to remind me about the about the possibility of a virus. Me, I write hand-written notes for birthdays and times of stress. I really have stuff in my heart for those people and need to let them know. Can't stand sing songy cards that are sent to through the mail with just a signature without much thought of the message on it. Some sent to me have hurt me badly. For example: When my husband was in Vietnam for our first anniversary I got a printed card from his dopey faher's wife that said that this must be the best day of the year for me. When I had cancer I was told that it was operable and my chances were good. After the surgery I got a grim card from a neighbor that said "we are sorry the news is so bad right now and are praying that things get better. I thought everyone was lying to me about my future and became very isolated from my friends and family. Those taking care of me went to her and let her it. Her facts were wrong and she didn't read the card before she sent it.

Very cute,Thanks for the card. This gave me a good idea. My co-worker ,who loves gardening, is off recuperating from surgery. This would be a cute Thinking of You card.

Love your idea and I have played around with that idea a bit myself. Haven't made any cards yet...still toying with how to. Anyway...for applique there is a product called Heat and Bond which comes in a couple of different "stiffness". You iron it to the wrong side of your fabric and then peel off the paper backing and then iron onto your main fabric. Be careful or the stuff gets onto your iron and board and can be a mess to clean off. Anyway there is another product called Timtex that is really stiff and would give your card an almost cardboard type feel. Use it as backing to the main fabric of your applique. For puffiness you can also use fusible fleece or regular batting. This is what I would do: decide on the fabric for the background. Decide on the fabric to be used for the mini quilt you talked about. After the mini quilt is designed iron some heat and bond on the back of it and iron it to your background. Then use your decorative stitches to "quilt" it to the background. When this top part is done, layer with some fusible fleece or batting with the Timtex stuff, bind off the edges and voila, you have a card. Good grief...after re-reading what I wrote I wonder if this makes any sense....anyway. It may give you some ideas of what product to look for and a method of madness too. I hope it helps and you have inspired me. I bought a fabric panel of Maxine sayings and thought about making cards out of it. Maybe someone who has actually done this will chime in with more better ideas. Please let us know what you did and post a picture. Murphy