Originally Posted by Roxanne
Originally Posted by candi
Pat, Mousie and Roxanne, thank you, appreciate the encouragement.
Roxanne, I am doing "invisible machine appliqué" , also heard it called "mock hand applique", I cut heat resistant templates, cut my pieces with some seam allowance, and then use starch and heat to turn the edges under the template, take the template out and stitch the prepared piece with a blind hem stitch using invisible thread.
Thanks Candi. This is a method I haven't tried. Being new to applique, I am searching for the "one" that works for me. Right now, I'm tracing my pattern on both my fabric piece and background and matching points before hemming. The freezer paper didn't work too well for me as my pieces kept getting a little larger than the image.
Your work looks perfect, I aspire to have mine look as good.
Aw Roxanne, ((((hugs)))),I am not so happy with my work, I am new to applique too, and feel that my work is "messy," know what you mean about finding the best way to do this. Your idea sounds very good. Maybe I'll try that..right now I am just setting the pattern and background on top of the light box, and then lightly glueing the pieces in place.
Thanks for the kind words.