Yay, I finished it! The materials for this have been sitting on the end of my ironing board since the end of March, so I guess this can still qualify for March's 6x4 lives fabric postcard. It takes me much longer than one would think to make a card like this because I'm not one of those "just do it" kind of people unfortunately, or else I'd get a lot more done. No, the fabrics mingle awhile on the ironing board, sewing machine, sometimes even the floor, until I feel like I've got the right combination, then I fret over thread color and embellishment ideas, days go by... and I pick it up again because suddenly I know how to finish it. The background fabric I hand marbled in a class I took in 2001, and the dragonfly I printed on plastic has been waiting around in my craft mess for nearly a year. 
The free motion embroidery idea just came to me when I scrapped the appliqué idea I had. I like doing this kind of machine stitching because it's so relaxing and a little like drawing with a needle or a computer mouse. (Why don't I do this more often??) Well, now you know how my mind works, and it's probably more than you ever wanted to know about the "creative process". I hate that term actually- I always think it sounds so pretentious. Creation just happens, and is hard to conjure up- for me anyway, which would explain why I work in fits and starts a lot. Maybe creative flow would be a better word than "creative process"? A process sounds like a recipe to me, whereas flow is more feng shui :o)
Speaking of dragonflies (okay, so it's a fetish), wouldn't it be cool to have one of these hanging around your neck? Found via wol&zo.
"Flow with whatever may happen and let your mind be free."
- Chuang Tzu
