Originally Posted by pamkasperi
The only reason I am against Aplique is because I don't know how to do it and I guess I could easily learn but that kind of stuff makes me nervous that I will mess it up!
Iron on the appliques...
Find a coloring book picture that has something in it you like - say an egg! take some tissue paper and trace around the edges, cut it out roughly and glue it on some cardboard. let dry. Cut it out on the lines.
Lay the egg pattern on some wildly patterened fabric maybe a fat quarter.
Draw around it. Cut out the fabric following the line you have drawn.
Cut out a piece of fabric the size and shape you want the background to be ( like a very large wall hanging size egg shape)
Following the directions on the package exactly, iron all your different colored eggs to the background.
You can put them every which way or in rows!
If you want to add a bunny or basket or anything else, do the same process. Write words with an indelible marker.
(Practice first)
Take it from me, an artist, sometimes you can make the ideas in your head, sometimes you can't!
But, remember this rule, to make something, and make it work out the way you want it to, you have to follow the process of doing it. There are not any shortcuts.
But in compensation, the joys of the creative works are enormous, and worth taking the time to think it through,
and having the patience to do it carefully and right.
Only you can get the ideas in your head onto a quilt.
Others can teach you the ways of the craft of making your ideas come to reality, but they can't see into, or read your mind.
Hope this helps...everybody gets nervous they will make a mistake! It is also part of the creative process too, but it isn't an excuse. Figuring out how to do it, and then DOING it is fun!
Jeannie