For applique I use a product called Stable Magic (I order it from the Home Sew catalog) Trace the piece to the Stable Magic and cut out on the marked line. Using a washable glue stick I then put a small amount on the "front side of the cut out" and stick that to "the back side of the selected fabric". Cut fabric out adding a scant 1/4". Clip any inside curves almost to the Stable Magic. Now using glue stick, run a line of glue all around the piece. Press the seam allowance onto the glue using an "cuticle stick". On outside curves "think pie crust" Press fabric over with your fingers about every half inch, then go back and work the rest of the seam turn in place. This helps to eliminate small points forming on the edge. If a piece will lay UNDER another, you don't have to turn that edge. You just turn the edge on the piece that will be on top.