I've done 2 app. quilts using the Eleanor Burns "Applique in a Day" book...where you trace the appliq. parts onto lite weight fusible interfacing. lay onto fabric w/ fabric facing fusible. Stitch around, trim to 1/4 inch all around..slit the interfacing and turn. Finger press the edges and fust the appliq piect to background block. I really enjoyed turning the bits at night and pressing to blocks next day. It was so easy to hand sew the parts onto the blocks since they were fused. This fusing will not endure washing and wear all by itself. The book is Series Six.