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.
It's not that it isn't 'real', it's just that, to me, the hand applique looks so much better. There is such a difference. That being said, when I do dogs, that's not something that is elegant and the raw edge applique 'fits' the project.
I do admire the hand stuff, though.
I,too, love the look of hand applique'. but there are some methods for machine applique' that have you really looking close to see how it is done--hand or machine. the method where you sew to solvy, of some light-weight interfacing, then cut the facing a slit & turn the whole thing right side out (bet this is clear as mud, sorry) is really good. then you just blind stitch with your machine along the edge.
I think maybe Eleanor Burns teaches it. (that Eleanor, as long as she has been teaching, she still always has something new or pertinent to today's quilting !)