Give Me 10 Minutes and I will Show You How to Make a Fabric Postcard Holiday Greeting in Less than 1 Hour That is So Memorable that Your Family and Friends will be Talking about it (and your talents) For at least 7 Years

From: Penny Halgren

Dear Friend,

I’ve been searching for months for a different way to send holiday greetings to my friends and family. I’ll admit I’ve been racking my brain to come up with something fun and original - even if it were a simple fabric postcard or quilt postcard.

You see, ever since I can remember, my dad has written a poem for our family Christmas card. He rhymes phrases like “Teach for America Plan” (his granddaughter's passion) and “University of Michigan” (where his grandson attends school). He uses local speak so “home” rhymes with “San Antone.” (He could have just said San Antonio, and everybody would have know where he was talking about.)

The card itself is custom made or chosen to reflect the family activity of the year.

One year we took a trip to Europe, and the front of the card had holiday greetings in about 20 different languages. His poem told of our trip. Another year the front had a picture of test tubes, beakers and flasks all decorated for the holidays. (My dad is a chemist, and his job was the theme of that year.)

Not to be competitive or anything, but it seems that I have indeed inherited their desire to do something memorable for the holidays. After all, why not create something that every one will remember, and maybe even keep. (Many of mom and dad’s friends have a collection of their annual greetings.)

I wanted something fun, though!

As you might imagine, there is a little bit of stress around the house during the weeks before the card is due to go out.

• When will dad finish the poem?
• What wonderful (or embarrassing) news will he include about each of us?
• How long will it be at the print shop?
• Will the cards actually get mailed before Christmas?

Our family and friends look forward to our Christmas greetings because the card and poem are always different and tell the news of the year – short and sweet.

It’s not so enjoyable on the sending end, though. Even at 86 and 84 and after 63 years of marriage, there’s stress. Mom bugs dad for weeks to write the poem. It’s a family adventure to pick a card that reflects the story of the year. And then there’s still the print shop, getting the “right” stamps, assembling the cards and delivering them to the post office as the precisely designated moment. I feel the stress even though I don’t live there!

After months of searching high and low, guess what? Here is what I came up with -

Quilt Postcard Mail Greetings

You may have seen or heard about postcard quilts. Quilters around the world are creating them and sending them to their friends in the mail. Imagine how pleased you would be to receive one of these little handmade treasures from one of your quilting friends.

Now imagine how pleased your family and friends will be to receive a Quilt Mail Greeting with your favorite family picture and a custom printed greeting.

What could be better? That they are quick and easy?

The truth is it takes less time to make three of these little greeting cards than it takes to write the family Christmas poem! And it costs less, too. Especially since you can use fabric scraps.

Because I was so excited when I finished the Quilt Mail Greetings, I called my friend, Sue. She wanted to know exactly how to make them – step by step. Thing is, most patterns and instructions for these fabulous little quilt postcard treasures are about the same as for many quilting patterns – one page; a few one line instructions; a couple of measurements; basically, figure it out yourself.

Frankly, those instructions leave a lot to be desired. Especially if you are new to quilting or transferring photos onto fabric.

Using the “figure it out yourself” method can cost a bunch of time, money and fabric – let alone stress. And everyone knows, additional stress is the last thing we need this time of year.

Introducing the definitive, 52 page step-by-step guide for making Quilt Mail Greetings. Sue and I spend hours putting this resource together: researching various methods of transferring photographs to fabric, taking pictures of every step of the way, and writing each instruction as clear as a bell, guaranteeing your success.

Written in the same format as other www.How-to-Quilt.com Guides, this complete resource includes photos and specific instructions to: 

You Get All the Details You Need for Success

Nothing is left out or left to your imagination. You see and read exactly what to do every Quick and Easy step of the way.

This guide assumes that you have little or no quilting experience. It uses terms that everyone understands – no secret quilting words that take a glossary to figure out.

It reveals shortcuts and tips that take the mystery out of making this little quilt.

In short, this guide makes it fun and easy. Your whole holiday greeting card project (i.e., all of your greeting cards ready to mail) can be finished in a weekend, leaving you more time for the really entertaining stuff like shopping and baking and playing with the kids.

You might think – ‘Penny, I don’t need your guide, I can figure this out myself.”

And maybe you can. I did. But, then, I’ve been making quilts for more than 24 years – big ones, little ones, original designs and following patterns, traditional patchwork, three-dimensional, curved pieces – all the fancy stuff.

Yup, you could spend a bunch of time figuring it all out, or you could spend a few dollars and have it all laid out for you. Even if you don’t want to read the instructions, you can follow the pictures and see exactly what to do.

Here’s How You Can Use Your Quilt Card Greetings!

And your success is guaranteed

So, what’s the deal?

Your copy of “Quilt Mail Greetings” is ready for you to claim – either through an electronic download or in print version. Because this is a new product and I would like your feedback, the current price for the electronic version is an extremely low $14.97. This price is way lower than any other product at www.How-to-Quilt.com has ever been or probably will ever be.

Just think, for about the price of a box of 12 holiday cards, you will have the secret recipe to thousands of greetings that your friends and family will remember forever. And these can be created for any occasion and sent throughout the year.

And that’s not all, “Quilt Mail Greetings” comes with the following bonuses:

FREE BONUS GIFT #1
US Postal Service Regulations for mailing (Value $15.77)

True, this information is free – when you find it! It took me an hour to find the basic regulation and research all of the different provisions to make sure that I had all the rules covered. Then I visited my local post office with the Quilt Mail Greetings and checked with the postal authorities. Hey, my time is worth something

FREE BONUS GIFT #2
Postcard Quilts Internet Resources (Value $23.97)

FREE BONUS GIFT #3
26 Design and Color Ideas for your Quilt Card Greeting (Value $9.97)

Get your creative juices flowing with these 26 different ideas for designing and coloring your Quilt Card Greeting. From the simple to the complex, squares, rectangles, triangles, diamonds, and squares on point, these full color pictures will spark your creativity and make your Quilt Card Greeting something that your friends will keep forever!

FREE BONUS GIFT #4
Acceptable Postcard Size Template (Value $2.25)

Measure your Quilt Card Greeting to see whether it falls withing the mailing standards of the US Post Office for post cards. Using this template, you will know that your Quilt Card is the right size to qualify for the postcard postage rate. Or you will see that your Quilt Card must carry the first class postage rate. I'm not going to kid you, this is a very simple template, and by itself probably worth the full $2.25, and not a penny more. For your Quilt Card project, however, this could be priceless! You will have confidence when you deliver your Quilt Card Greetings to the Post Office that they meet the Postal Standard.