Questions for those who Applique
Although I'm going to try and switch my focus from my love of piecing to using my new (used) long arm, the fact remains that I moved more fabric than I wanted, I have a lot of novelty/hard to use fabrics but I also have a lot of basic bland (boring?) calicos and such. I'm thinking of doing projects like quick crazy quilt blocks, or string blocks, or maybe simple log cabins that can be used as backgrounds for applique.
I think once I can drive again, I should join the local quilt guild and meet up with someone who would like to work with me. There's gotta be someone out there who would love to have someone piece together the drudgery of the background, and then allow them the artistry of the applique on top of it.
Until then, what is it you would look for in the background work?? I usually press my seams open and flat with a tiny stitch. My tops/blocks are very flat and trimmed square. Larger pieces or tiny or does it really matter? The design and fabric choices would depend of course on the project.