Applique Club (Do you like to applique, lets chit chat here)
06-14-2012, 05:31 PM
#1092
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Join Date: Mar 2010
Location: Florida
Posts: 1,323
I don't do fusible or needle turn. I cut my shape out of freezer paper & iron it on the fabric. Then I cut my fabric 1/4" bigger then the shape. Next I use school glue & fold the seam allowance over the freezer paper & heat set it w/the iron. (Washable school glue washes out.) I then take the freezer paper off & repress the fold over. I use glue again ta attach the shape onto the background & heat set it again. (On the pillow I just pined it down. I couldn't figure how ta iron that pillow.
) Then I either hand sew it on or machine stitch it. A lot of the time I will not sew it down until the whole piece is sandwiched then I will "appliquilt" it down, on the machine. Clear as mud?
I think all three ways are applique!
) Then I either hand sew it on or machine stitch it. A lot of the time I will not sew it down until the whole piece is sandwiched then I will "appliquilt" it down, on the machine. Clear as mud?I think all three ways are applique!
THANKS!!
06-14-2012, 06:32 PM
#1093
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Join Date: Apr 2010
Location: Brady TX
Posts: 6,613
06-15-2012, 10:38 AM
#1095
Super Member
Join Date: Nov 2006
Location: Central PA
Posts: 1,920
When satin stitching, it is important to use the right foot. Since the stitching is stacked or raised, you need foot with an opening to allow it to pass under the foot without any resistance. The toes on my foot are at one level and the area right under the needle (or in the middle) is 3/8's of an inch wide or cut out. Clear? I hope so.
Carsey, I'm an organ donor also.
Carsey, I'm an organ donor also.
06-15-2012, 11:05 AM
#1096
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Join Date: Mar 2010
Location: Florida
Posts: 1,323
When satin stitching, it is important to use the right foot. Since the stitching is stacked or raised, you need foot with an opening to allow it to pass under the foot without any resistance. The toes on my foot are at one level and the area right under the needle (or in the middle) is 3/8's of an inch wide or cut out. Clear? I hope so.
Carsey, I'm an organ donor also.
Carsey, I'm an organ donor also.
06-15-2012, 11:21 AM
#1097
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Join Date: Nov 2010
Location: Blue Springs, Missouri
Posts: 2,481
I love machine appliqueing. If you want a flower on the corner of your quilt, you can stick one there and stitch. Most of my applique is raw edge, but I love doing it. Getting ready to put words on a quilt and trees on another quilt.
07-03-2012, 06:40 PM
#1098
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Join Date: Apr 2010
Location: Brady TX
Posts: 6,613
Here's the tute I promised. I'm so sorry that it took me so long ta git it done.
http://www.quiltingboard.com/tutoria...e-t193511.html
I don't know what ta do about those picts that won't show up.
http://www.quiltingboard.com/tutoria...e-t193511.html
I don't know what ta do about those picts that won't show up.
09-20-2012, 03:37 PM
#1099
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Join Date: Sep 2010
Location: Behind my sewing machine
Posts: 7,202
I appliqued my quilt blocks and was so proud...untill after I pieced all of my blocks/strips and noticed that my appliques were coming off. I did not sew them in enough and i also forgot to change the jean needle I was using. Thinking that was part of the reason....I was so mad...instead of pulling them out I am resewing them...I would not recommend doing that. I think I can get away with it since they new look like railroad tracks and also I am making this free as well as paid for the fabric...for a pretty penny...I don't think my cousin will know the difference...or at least that is what my husband says. I now know for next time.
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