Originally Posted by sandpat
Mousie...just to confuse you more :wink:...you could do a "prepared" machine applique. By that I mean turn under the edges, but then stitch it down with the any type of stitch you would like on your machine. With the turned under edges, no fraying. You could turn it with stabalizer or freezer paper.
When Kathy tells you "open satin stitch", she means that you turn the dial on your machine to open the stitch into a tight zig zag vs. the very very close stitch on the satin stitch. The benefit being that it takes a bit less thread and is quicker to me.
I'd love to start seeing some of the people starting the project now...Hopefully we'll get to see some pics soon!
Actually, I did fiddle with turning my edges, so I could machine stitch them down, but fibro affects all over and that means hands too, and it was taking me sooo long.
Once upon a time, I would stop at nothing to get the effect I wanted.
No more striving to be as perfect as possible for this quilting mouse. It's just too doggone painful.
I'm going to give it a good go with kathy's method and if I don't like
my results...
I'll scream into a pillow...but I'll keep going.
It's that or not quilt, and not quilting is INSANITY! :wink: