I use a tear -away stabilizer when ever I machine applique. I just pin it to the backround fabric close to the applique , but not so close as to interfere with the machine stitching. On rare occasion it is a really large applique I use a very,very light spray of spray basting on the tear away.
I won't satin stitch an applique with out the tear away .... FYI in an extreme pinch I have used copy paper in place of regular tear away.
Last edited by Lori S; 01-24-2012 at 02:30 PM.