Some more musings from another 80 year old. I am amazed at people who want to protect their territory at all costs. Yes, applique used to be needle turn and perfection was tiny stitches that buried themselves and were invisible. It was in the same boat as 10 quilting stitch per inch. Both slow. Now we have marvelous machines and lots of products that fuse and stabilize and allow lots of expansion of artistic expression. Most recently, along these lines, is the collage process. Wow, what artistic expression. There are several notable designers that have taken fusible applique to new heights and in new directions. I'm so glad. I have done one for a granddaughter and it was so much fun. I looked at some fabrics I had in a very different way so I could use them in a different way. Please let your artistic whims and expressions flow out to your class members. Let them find their own comfort level and fly to new heights, or, resettle back into a previous comfort zone.