Need help please with raw edge applique

Reply Subscribe

Page 6 of 6

« First

Thread Tools

09-24-2011, 04:50 PM

#51

Eddie

Super Member

Join Date: May 2009

Location: Arkansas

Posts: 3,061

Quote:

Originally Posted by mmonroe

Your work is beautiful!!

Question - Have you ever washed these quilts, and if so, how do they hold up? Do they frey?

Thanks!

oops, I was responding to Eddie. Sorry!

Thank you! I haven't washing any of my machine applique quilts yet, so don't know how they will wash. But I think they will be ok. The blanket stitch when set to the lowest settings does well to catch all the fraying of the edges.

09-24-2011, 04:53 PM

#52

rfbrazell

Super Member

Join Date: Nov 2010

Location: Arlington Washington

Posts: 2,018

Thanks for the info. Great work....
R

Quote:

Originally Posted by Eddie

Quote:

Originally Posted by rfbrazell

Eddie my man,
that is beautiful applique work. I love applique but sometimes I find it difficult to go around small objects. What's your secret?

I set the stitch length and width to the smallest settings possible. For the small shapes, I go very slow and pivot often with the needle down. It takes some practice to get the needle at the right position in the stitch pattern when reaching a point so that the points stay sharp.

09-24-2011, 04:56 PM

#53

ncredbird

Senior Member

Join Date: Jan 2011

Location: Greeneville, TN

Posts: 796

Thank you for the information. I struggle to keep my points sharp so will have to try with shorter stitches. Ann in TN

09-24-2011, 05:57 PM

#54

d.swindle

Junior Member

Join Date: Feb 2011

Location: west csntral arkansas, Mount Ida

Posts: 230

I would cut my fabric on the bias and make a very narrow tube and put the seam on the bottum of the vine, press it of course and stitch close to the edges, the bias will twist and turn to forum your vine.

d. swindle