Originally Posted by NorthernDeb
WOW... those are so cool! I want to make a western style quilt for my brother in law (it's his house we rent in the winter down there). Those would be perfect for that.
Your buttonhole stitch is really nice. I havent tried trapunto yet. Can you tell me where the post about the starch turn is? I havent heard of that one. I use freezer paper with the "gluey" side out... to catch my seam allowances. If I'm using poster board, I print off my applique shapes onto the board, cut them out then baste them to the wrong side of my fabric. Cut it out with seam allowances, then needle turn applique it into place. Takes a bit of time but usually works well.
Here is the address for the applique blocks. You can see that the little pieces have still be be placed on my blocks.
http://www.fatcatpatterns.com/native_american.htm
The starch method was in another book or show, it's basically where you cut out your template, place it on your scrap of fabric, cut around about 1/4 larger than the template and paint liquid starch on the edge. Then take a hot iron and with the help of a stilleto or any pointy thingy (technical term :)) iron the edges over so it gives you a real crisp applique...then remove the template.