When I first started doing appliques, I had watched a series by Eleanor Burns on it and she used fusible interfacing and did it similar to ArlaJo's method, without the ironing of course, until she fused it on. I still like this method - I make sure to really push out the edges and fingerpress the piece before fusing it in place. Sometimes I use the blanket piece and other times I treat it as turned edge applique, depending on the what the project is.