Originally Posted by pittsburgpam
I am going to try an applique technique I watched on the Sharon Schamber network. She uses a double freezer paper template, paints starch on the seam allowance, then folds the fabric around the shape and irons it. She then glues the piece in place, irons to set, and does a monofilament zig-zag on the edge. I ordered some plastic template material that you can iron on because I am doing so many of the same shape.
Using freezer paper and liquid starch around the edges is my preferred way of doing applique. I spray the starch into a little container (like one that comes on cold medicine), then dip a Q-tip into it, then wet the edge of the fabric that's outside the freezer paper with the liquified starch, then press the wet edges over the freezer paper and remove the freezer paper. It works great!