you seem to keep going back to using fusable- just a word of advice...try something small- that doesn't matter first- before jumping into your project-to see how it goes---fusables are quite difficult to hand stitch through- are normally used for machine applique.
visit the Piece of Cake quilt shop= they offer lots of free tutorials-patterns, dvd's
a great one for beginning is:
"LEARN TO APPLIQUE THE PIECE OF CAKE WAY"
more hand applique tips and tricks are available from:
Alex Anderson
Sue Garmon
Evening Star Designs
Fon's and Porter's love of quilting
Nancy Zieman--Sewing with Nancy
America sews with Sue
there's lots more- that's all i can think of at the moment.