Originally Posted by
Emma S
I love the stain glass patterns and have always thought I would try one one day. You have my complete sympathy but sounds like a combination of good fixes. Just a question, if you had it to do over again how would you avoid this problem?
I would cut the appliqué shapes a tad larger than the pattern so they overlapped further under the leading. ALSO.... I had used a double needle originally when I stitched my leading, I would use a single needle & make sure the stitching was just a thread away from the edge. When I first started to quilt, we did some with all hand stitched leading and there was no problem with those fabrics pulling out.