Applique Club (Do you like to applique, lets chit chat here)
#11
Originally Posted by KathyAire
I do like to applique but I do the raw edge machine applique and I don't think it's really considered appliquing. But, it works for me and that's what I will continue to do. I absolutely hate to do any hand work.
#12
I have done some raw-edge machine applique, and am currently doing A Primitive Garden BOM quilt with wool. It is a huge project; but working with the wool is so nice. The needle goes through it like a knife through butter. Got to see the quilt at the VT. quilt show a couple of years ago, and 3 of us gals ordered it.....still not done by any of us lol.
Hope to learn needle turn at some point.
Hope to learn needle turn at some point.
#13
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I just found this cool video to watch blanket stitch by hand applique
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WpyF4...eature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WpyF4...eature=related
#14
I will be watching this topic...I have never appliqued before but I soon will be starting a project that the center is applique and I will be doing the old timeeeee way of needle turn...I feel it is important to start at the beginning of applique and adapt to the technique I like best.
#15
Great idea! I have been trying to improve my appliqué technique
for some time. I seem to do better when I use the freezer paper method, but it still looks pretty sad next to the work that some of my friends do.
for some time. I seem to do better when I use the freezer paper method, but it still looks pretty sad next to the work that some of my friends do.
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Originally Posted by Scissor Queen
Why would applying by machine be any less "real" than applying by hand? Applique means "to apply" in French. Just as machine piecing and machine quilting are just as real as hand pieceing and hand quilting, machine applique is just as real.
I do admire the hand stuff, though.
#17
Originally Posted by KathyAire
Originally Posted by Scissor Queen
Why would applying by machine be any less "real" than applying by hand? Applique means "to apply" in French. Just as machine piecing and machine quilting are just as real as hand pieceing and hand quilting, machine applique is just as real.
I do admire the hand stuff, though.
Last edited by QuiltnNan; 09-10-2019 at 02:35 AM. Reason: language
#18
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Originally Posted by craftybear
I just found this cool video to watch blanket stitch by hand applique
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WpyF4...eature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WpyF4...eature=related
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Originally Posted by Scissor Queen
I've seen some pretty poor-looking hand applique. Just because it's hand done doesn't mean it always looks better.
Last edited by QuiltnNan; 09-10-2019 at 02:35 AM.
#20
Originally Posted by craftybear
I just found this cool video to watch blanket stitch by hand applique
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WpyF4...eature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WpyF4...eature=related
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