I just did a 4 foot high dragon designed by a Gson. It has a lot of fragile, narrow areas that I could not take the risk of stretching. I glued each piece down on a background fabric with school glue, ironed each section as I finished it. I appliqued using a medium narrow satin stitch because it made the pieces pop out. Sorry I can't post a picture... my Mac doesn't cooperate. But the glue made it all happen for me and if I make a mistake there is a window of a few minutes that I can check and replace....harder when you use a bonding material. If you try that, don't use too much (it all comes out in the wash, but it can make it hard to handle if its really googie and gets on your hands too much). Hope this helps.