{"id":1608070,"date":"2025-04-23T11:06:45","date_gmt":"2025-04-23T18:06:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.quiltfolk.com\/?p=1608070"},"modified":"2025-06-01T19:15:23","modified_gmt":"2025-06-02T02:15:23","slug":"quilted-postcards-with-patty-wheeler","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.quiltfolk.com\/journal\/quilted-postcards-with-patty-wheeler\/","title":{"rendered":"Quilted Postcards With Patty Wheeler"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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Confession: I have a fabric scrap collection that would make Bonnie Hunter swoon. You\u2019ll find scraps stuffed into various-sized baggies all over my sewing room\u2014and tucked away in closets and, okay, in the attic and possibly under my bed. I just can\u2019t bear to throw usable scraps away, and while I swear that I\u2019ll put them to use one day, I almost never do.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t

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But a recent conversation with Patty Wheeler has given me hope. I first met Patty when I wrote a profile of her for <\/span>Quiltfolk, Issue 34: Arkansas<\/span><\/i><\/a>. While our original interview centered on sewing workshops that her guild (the Hot Springs Village Quilt Guild) does with a local Boys & Girls Club, our subsequent conversation was inspired by Patty\u2019s fabulous quilted postcards. If you, like me, live in scrap fabric purgatory, these postcards might just be your ticket out.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>

The good news is, not only do quilted postcards make use of leftover scraps, they\u2019re pretty simple to construct. \u201cIf I’m sick of a big project, then I can just sit down and make a couple cards just for fun,\u201d Patty told me during our recent conversation. \u201cOr if I only have a short period of time and don’t want to drag a bunch of stuff out, then I’ll make cards for a while.\u201d Patty estimates that each card takes her about an hour to complete.\u00a0<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Patty Wheeler holding a 1940s Dresden Plate quilt made by Sarah Anderson Tyson, Patty\u2019s great-grandmother. <\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t
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For years, Patty was part of an online Yahoo group called Postcard Pizazz, where members from all over the world sent and received quilted postcards; her album from that era contains 170 such missives. These days, she focuses on making quilted postcards for friends and family. She sends postcards to the kids in her Sunday School classes at church and is quick to post a quilted postcard thank you note.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>

Over time, Patty has become a proselytizer for quilted postcards. She does demos for interested groups and guilds, and has even written a handy guide with detailed instructions. She calls her postcards \u201ctiny, mailable treasures\u201d and insists that, in these days of texts and emails, getting something via snail mail is a treat\u2014especially when it\u2019s a handcrafted card.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>

If you\u2019re the frugal type, you might like the fact that making a quilted postcard is actually cheaper than buying a card, and the recipient is a lot more likely to hold onto it. As Patty put it, \u201cIf I drive to the grocery store to buy a Hallmark card to send somebody for their birthday, I spend $6.99, and they’re going to throw it away.\u201d Not to mention the fact that she could make a card in the time it takes her to drive to the store and get back home.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t

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Sunflower (2024) features a cross-stitch originally created as a magnet by Patty\u2019s friend Emily Ecker, which Patty eventually repurposed.<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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This Sawtooth Star (2024) postcard was made using scraps from Patty's Stars Over Arkansas (2024) quilt, which was part of a Block of the Month program. <\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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This is Patty's collection of postcards that she's set aside specifically for her lectures. They are arranged in the order they're seen for her talk. <\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t
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So what does it take to make a quilted postcard? Not a whole lot. You need fabric scraps, of course, and a batting layer, which can be actual batting or else a fusible interfacing material such as Pellon Peltex 71. The backing can consist of any light-colored fabric or a piece of cardstock. Patty notes that the USPS regulations require the back to\u00a0 say \u201cPostcard.\u201d You can write this out by hand, use a rubber stamp, or print a postcard back on a fabric sheet designed for an inkjet printer.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t

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Patty uses a rubber stamp to apply the \u201cPostcard,\" per USPS regulations. <\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t
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If you want to keep things simple, all you have to do is piece together your scraps into a 6\u201d by 4\u201d rectangle and sew it onto your batting layer. Trim and attach to your backing, and finish the edges. Back in the day, Patty bound her cards using satin-stitching instead of fabric, which created a lovely look but was a tedious process\u2014not to mention the fact that she was wearing out her feed dogs! So she switched to using a 1.25 or a 1.5-inch binding strip, which is attached to just the front and batting layers and then pressed to the back. Then, the back is fused on, and she \u201cstitches in the ditch\u201d around the binding. Once she started doing this, she has never looked back.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t

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Of course, you don\u2019t have to keep your quilted postcard simple if you don\u2019t want to. You can add embellishments such as beads, buttons, and charms. Keep in mind that embellished cards need to be mailed in envelopes. Patty uses clear plastic envelopes, which protect her cards while allowing them to be visible. If you want to keep your card out of the P.O. machinery, you\u2019ll need to buy a \u201cnon-machinable\u201d stamp, which costs a little extra but is worth the protection it gives your card.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>

If your inner artist needs to be let out from time to time, the quilted postcard provides a great canvas.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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This quilt, Passionate About Postcards (2024), and the included postcards were made for the 2024 Arkansas Village Quilt Show.<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t
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Grab your die cutters and go to town, or show off your appliqu\u00e9 skills. You can use quilted postcards to work out design ideas, experiment with color schemes, or just give yourself over to creative play. Sure, you might end up with some small UFOs from time to time (just ask Patty), but more often than not, you\u2019ll create tiny treasures that your friends and family will be thrilled to find in their mailboxes.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t

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Frances O\u2019Roark Dowell writes about quilts for magazines such as\u00a0Quiltfolk,<\/i>\u00a0Quilting Arts<\/i>,\u00a0QuiltCon Magazine,<\/i>\u00a0and\u00a0<\/span>Fons & Porter\u2019s Love of Quilting.\u00a0<\/span><\/i>She also writes quilt fiction (Birds in the Air,<\/i>\u00a0<\/span>Margaret Goes Modern and Other Stories<\/i>, and\u00a0<\/span>Friendship Album, 1933<\/i>) and is the host of the\u00a0<\/span>Quilt Fiction Podcast<\/i>. An award-winning children\u2019s book author, Frances has published more than 25 books for kids, including\u00a0the Edgar Award-winning\u00a0<\/span>Dovey Coe<\/i>,\u00a0<\/span>The Secret Language of Girls<\/i>\u00a0<\/span>trilogy, the\u00a0<\/span>Phineas MacGuire <\/i>series,\u00a0<\/span>Shooting the Moon<\/i>, and\u00a0<\/span>Hazard<\/i>. For more about Frances, visit francesdowell.com<\/a>.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t

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Azuree Holloway has been photographing for Quiltfolk<\/em> since 2019 and has contributed to many other projects. Check out more of her work on her\u00a0website<\/a>\u00a0and her\u00a0Instagram<\/a>.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t

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