Fishing fly card tips

I had a request for some directions for making my fly fishing cards. I don't sell a pattern for this one, so I'll put some tips in here. The background is all one piece of watercolor-y fabric. I cut it a little bigger than my finished card will be, and stack it with batting behind it, and a piece of interfacing behind that. The next step is to free motion stitch the background. I start with the line of trees, which are just up and down lines going across the back. Then some wavy stitching for the sky, some grass in the foreground, and some circles in the water. Then, using a darker thread, stitch the fishing line. The fish is cut out of a fish print fabric backed with fusible web. I usually stitch around the outside edge too. Then cut your little quilt down to size (slightly smaller than your card stock) and add binding, I use 1 inch strips and a very narrow, under 1/4" seam allowance. Last of all, stitch a fishing fly at the end of the fishing line, then glue or attach to your card stock using fusible web.

All of my card patterns have exact measurements and a template for cutting the final shape, as well as more detailed binding and gluing instructions, which would all be helpful even if you design your own cards. I probably shouldn't give away ALL of my secrets on my blog, I'll never sell any patterns :-)

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