Originally Posted by
GingerK
I am doing a baby quilt with lots of circles right now (caterpillar quilt) and I enlarged the circles, sewed them to very lightweight interfacing, trimmed, slit the interfacing and turned them right side out. Voila!! no raw edges! Otherwise for baby quilts, I use Heat and Bond Ultra and live with the possibility of a gummed up needle.
I did this on my first quilt, except that I used cotton voile from Beverly's. I didn't have a book or any quilting friends at the time. On heart appliques (maybe 3.5" wide), I cut the voile 1/4" away from the edge (after turnng inside out) and then top-stitched around the edge of the applique with a 40-weight thread. It was very sturdy and has survived a lot of washing.
just another idea,
charlotte