Anyone make their own appliques?
#12
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I do my applique shapes with wonderunder fusible on the back and blanket stitch them down. This works on quilting cotton. What are your burp cloth backgrounds? If they are flannel, then a fusible applique should work. If they are terry cloth, it should still work but you will have to be a little more careful ironing them on and stiching the edge. As others have mentioned computer clip art is a good source for images. Our Walmart has big bargain bags of assorted embroidery/applique shapes (with the assorted button bags) in the sewing aisle for about $7? You could check to see if yours carries them and if they could work.
#15
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I take them from anywhere! Google coloring pages, take pictures of anything you run into that you like (take a pattern on a piece of fabric for example); take a picture, load it onto your computer, print and make your own stencils/patterns to cut from. It's really simple. You can use your own colors. I do that a lot.
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I do my applique shapes with wonderunder fusible on the back and blanket stitch them down. This works on quilting cotton. What are your burp cloth backgrounds? If they are flannel, then a fusible applique should work. If they are terry cloth, it should still work but you will have to be a little more careful ironing them on and stiching the edge. As others have mentioned computer clip art is a good source for images. Our Walmart has big bargain bags of assorted embroidery/applique shapes (with the assorted button bags) in the sewing aisle for about $7? You could check to see if yours carries them and if they could work.
#19
I make a lot of machine applique quilts and have used purchased patterns and also made a lot of my own from coloring books and on line images, even drawn a lot of my own. I just visited an aquarium in Tulsa and bought this coloring book. Can't wait to make a baby alphabet quilt using this as the basis.
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