Black and Yellow Applique Experiment
I have always admired the "reverse applique" done by the Hmong - and probably others.
What I learned: that basting works much better than the short little applique straight pins for keeping the layers together!
That if I thought of the black as what I'm appliqueing down worked better than what I had been doing.
I obviously have a long ways to go to get this to "work" - but I did try - a little bit, anyway!