Originally Posted by sandpat
Penny...Your blocks are lovely! Only you can make the right decision for you, but when I do applique, I do the blanket stitch or whatever I am going to do to actually hold the applique in place on each individual block...prior to sandwiching the quilt.
Then when I sandwich, I do an outline stitch right outside the outer edge of the blanket stitched applique...then continue and do whatever type of quilting I want.
Good luck...this is going to be really pretty!
Thanks that is what I did on the pillow shams I made for my grandsons and on the baby quilt I made for my granddaughter. They came out great doing it that way. I am thinking of doing that here only because whether I do hand stitching or decorative machine stitching around the applique I am concerned that it will not look good on the back of the quilt. I want this quilt to be reversable so that would matter. I am glad to hear from you on this because I love your work and value your opinion.