Annett (aka knetty) from Germany joined Postcrossing about a year ago. A fan of crafts, she had the idea to invite members to send her pieces of fabric with their postcards, so that one day she could make a quilt with all the fabrics. Slowly, she started receiving colorful pieces of cloth from other sewing enthusiasts all over the world and putting them together on a single quilt.
Fifteen fabrics from 11 countries (and a lot of work) later and she is done… oh, it is a beauty!
The patchwork resembles postcards laid out on a blanket — and on the border, Annett stitched the names and countries of the postcrossers who contributed to her project!
When the quilt was finished, she went out to photograph it in the sun and met her postman, who agreed to let her photograph it on the bike used to bring the pieces to her!
We’re in awe of Annett’s skills and this lovely idea, which she carefully documented on her blog. And she’s already planning a second one… :)
Do you know of any other crafty projects using postcards or Postcrossing? Do share!
75 comments so far
aww, thats so cool! what a wonderful idea!
Wow, what a nice Quilt! Very beautiful! :-)
amzing! It is very beautiful :)
Lovely!
Great artifact!
What a nice idea and what a beautiful quilt!
Awesome. What a clever idea. A wonderful way to merge two great hobbies. Looking forward to seeing the second quilt in due course.
Wish I was that handy in making things. Well I'm not but love to watch the skills of others. Great work!
Wonderful quilt! I love the idea! Done so nice and thoughtful with all the names!
Wow, what an amazing project! Thank you for featuring this! My favorite part of the quilt is how she included the Postcrossers names & countries on the borders!
Fantastic idea, so many hands, hearths and kilometers on that lovely handwork!
Oh, I love this! Wish the fates had let me be one of the contributors!
looks very good!
wonderful idea, wonderful work, Congratulations !!!
beautiful
Wow! That is such a great idea. Fabulous quilt.
So beautiful! And what a great idea.
Amazing,great idea!
How nice. Love the idea
what a great idea! very nice and well done .... congratulations
A great idea, a beautiful quilt.....
So creative!
Awesome! Thanks for sharing.
amazing
In answer to your question, "Do you know of any other crafty projects..." : I often re-purpose cards I have received, to make greeting cards and other ways they can be re-enjoyed by another audience. I may cut them to repurpose them, or leave them whole...sometimes the stamps become something new...usually the projects are paper-based.
Wow, I love this! Very Creative :)
Very nice! You did a great job on this!
Annett! What an amazing idea. Your quilt is really incredible! You have great patience, inspiration and skill. ^_^
Wonderful and creative idea!!! :-D Thanks for sharing this!
It's interesting!
I know a man from Germany who collected seeds for the garden project.
Such an interesting idea! A beautiful quilt too! Thanx for sharing! :)
awesome job annett! wunderbare idee und so schoen gestaltet!!!
What a nice project and craft! Look forward seeing the next one =)
...awesome idea, thx for sharing ;o)
Great idea! Beautiful quilt!
What a wonderful idea! I hope that other "Post-mates" will let us know if they are working on a project & would like Granny Squares and/or Quilt pieces.
great result of your work. For me, the icing on the cake = the names and country names of the senders. Very special and unique.
Wow! So beautiful quilt and a great idea!:) I love it!:)
Wow what a brilliant idea! Beautiful quilt Annett :-D
That is quite beautiful!
love it, the idea is amazing, the quilt just awesome, well done Annett!
It's amazing! I always wander how people can imagine and create something like that..
Just awesome!
Wonderful idea and fantastic quilt - well done!!! ;o)
Beautiful!
Over the last year, I've asked Postcrossers to send me cards of dogs or to draw me a dog on the back of the card and to tell me any dog stories they might have - favorite dog, etc.
As expected, everyone was super sweet and generous and some even included actual photos of their dogs in addition to the Postcrossing postcard.
I did this because my then 2-year-old daughter, now almost 3-years-old, absolutely loves dogs. The year is now coming to an end and I'll be making a book out of all the postcards we've received with a dog theme and will have it printed up as a memento for her 3rd birthday :o)
absolutely beautiful!
Amazing!
If only I knew how to stitch. The only form of stitching I know is cross stitching.
Wow! I am in awe! Beautiful and a wonderful idea, too!
Love it! I am very impressed.
I sent for another postcrosser from Canada piece of fabric for your quilt too! Great idea!
Marvelous! So beautiful! Great idea and very meaningful!!
Another quilt-maker
http://www.postcrossing.com/user/SlvrBlu
amazingly creative!!!!
This is a great idea! If anyone wants to send me some fabric for a Postcrossing quilt, please message me!
Wonderful idea!
Какая умничка! И рукодельница!
This is so beautiful!!! For me as a fabricaddict a great idea to start my own.....
A wonderful project..it is a thoughtful and beautiful quilt.
It`s SOOOOOOO cute ^^
Great idea! Looking forward to the second one! Have a lot of fun making it!
What a wonderful idea! So beautiful and creative too. I want to be a part of the second quilt :)
Thank you for sharing such a wonderful project with us! It's very inspiring to hear people doing something so caring and sharing! Very heartwarming!!
Love it!
Once I made 2 hand knitted postcards:
http://www.postcrossing.com/postcards/IL-14274
http://www.postcrossing.com/postcards/IL-15024
And postcrosser chatte_noire embroidered a few postcards:
http://www.postcrossing.com/postcards/IL-5304
http://www.postcrossing.com/postcards/IL-4235
http://www.postcrossing.com/postcards/IL-3775
That is awesome!!! Pure awesomeness. It actually moved me to tears with it's beauty and simplicity. Postcrossers Rule!
Wow! What an amazing idea. Thanks to all those wonderful Postcrossers the result is beautiful! Thank you for sharing this creativity. (^_^)
This is wonderfull!!! The world united in a quilt, such a great idea ... Thanks for sharing! XXX
Awesome IDEA!!!!! I love it. Simple, effective and heart touching. That piece of quit is a true ambassador of various countries. A true global unity. Thanks for sharing. Live long and prosper
Riaz Khan
Love It! very inspiring :)
Very cool. I'm so glad she shared it with the Postcrossing community so we could read about it and see her lovely, creative work.
I LOVE your awesome quilt. I quilt, maybe I will do something similar one day. Thank you for sharing your beautiful quilt and talents.
Love the quilt!
And I recently received a card from Rachel in UK who makes pictures with stamps! Her profile is https://www.postcrossing.com/user/Stampcollage and there's a link to her site where you can see some of her works. It's amazing.
I'm delighted by the Postcrossing Quilt and the embroidered, crocheted, and collaged postcards mentioned on this string of comments.
I'd love to send a bit of fabric to anybody wanting it for a postal project; and I'd also like to see photos of such projects and exchange ideas, so I opened a Facebook group.
To kick things off, I'll send you a bit of the stamp fabric if you join the group and then send me a message with your address.
The group name on Facebook is Postcrossing Crafts.
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