Originally Posted by MTS
Originally Posted by Shelley
For really small pieces, I covered with a water soluble stabilizer and stitched over it, so that the little pieces wouldn't come back up with the needle. I later washed the quilt to block it for quilt shows, so the stabilizer disappeared.
Well, duh!!
Of course!!!
Thank you for the brilliant tip. :thumbup: :thumbup:
I recently struggled with this problem on a small (not tiny) fused applique piece. I threw it aside. Now I can work on it again. :-D
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It's tips like this one from Shelley that make our lives so much easier - why didn't we think of that??? I have used water soluble thread before to stabilize a quilt, thought that was pretty smart, but water soluble stabilizer? Hadn't even given it a thought... until now... thanks Shelley.