Help me...Applique woes
#1
Ok, so I'm working on a quilt that has some appliqué and I'm having issues. When I zig zagged around my design it puckered the fabric and now my block is too small. I've done this before and didn't have trouble but I was using denim as the foundation fabric. So, why oh why is this happening to me???
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The background fabric isn't sufficiently stable. What I do for applique is heavily starch the background fabric before cutting, using a 1:1 solution of STa-Flo liquid laundry starch and water. I toss the yardage in the dryer, then iron with steam. The fabric comes out stiff enough so it doesn't distort, even with satin stitch (which tends to tunnel).
As someone else mentioned, it's also a good idea to cut your background pieces over-sized so that after the applique is done you can trim to correct size.
As someone else mentioned, it's also a good idea to cut your background pieces over-sized so that after the applique is done you can trim to correct size.
#8
Originally Posted by LivelyLady
If you're a coffee drinker like me, you can just use a coffee filter after ironing it flat for a stabilizer. And as the others said, cut you background a little larger...and use starch :D
#9
Originally Posted by SuziC
Originally Posted by LivelyLady
If you're a coffee drinker like me, you can just use a coffee filter after ironing it flat for a stabilizer. And as the others said, cut you background a little larger...and use starch :D
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