More Spirella

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You're welcome, everyone, for the New Year's cards - I'm happy you're enjoying them!

Funny sidebar to that. I knew I was going to make those cards flat, not folded. I thought about making them 5" x 7" because I hear this a lot, that people are going to frame them. But I felt they really needed something else on the front, thus the Best Wishes for 2006, which possibly barred them from being framed unless one cut that part off. You know how I ultimately decided what size to make the cards? I had a surplus of envelopes in that size that I ordered by mistake! They are just slightly larger than the A2 envelopes I normally use. (Bought these on eBay, as I recall.) They are perfectly usable for my cards, but prefer the A2 for cards I sell.

I made a ton of those Spirellas at one time. I started out using variegated thread which looked really cool but was not easy to find in quantity, that was thick enough. I ended up standardizing them with the DMC floss, red and green. Recently I made the other Spirellas into cards - I just love these colors! Here are a few of them. (With a couple of exceptions, these are each one of a kind. These are all 5-1/2” x 4-1/4”, folded cards.)

They are next to go up on the Pine Tree Designs website but if you are interested, these sell for $4.50 each, plus tax for New York State residents, no shipping; $4.00 each if you buy 5 or more. Email me if interested.

End of shameless self-promotion, er, I mean wonderful opportunity of sharing!