Question on Back Basting Applique
This is probably the stupidest question ever. I just got the Piece O'Cake Best Ever Applique Sampler book which has totally inspired me to try my hand (ha! ha!) at hand applique, just not their way. Back basting seems so much simpler to me. The first project in their book has long thin leaves that are made of two different fabrics. One half of a leaf shape is made of one fabric and the other of a different fabric. The way they do it, if I understand it, is to cut out the top half of the leaf shape, applique it to a chunk of fabric for the bottom half, then cut out the entire leaf shape and applique it onto the background fabric. Would it be done the same way for back basting? Would you have to sew the two fabrics together first? Or how would you do it?