I have a question regarding sewing appliques twice- the first time using invisible machine applique to connect the pieces together (such as a tree with multiple branches), and the second time attaching the completed block to the background fabric.
From what I gather, the first time you use water soluable thread in the bobbin to connect the individual components. This means that when you actually sew the whole applique block to the background fabric, you must now use permanent thread and re-sew all of the invisible machine applique you already sewed once.
I don't see a need for this double effort, since you can securely glue the pieces together using temporary glue before attaching the bock to the background fabric. If, however, the above steps are what most appliquers use, then I am definitely "missing something", which is not surprising for me!
Can someone please explain what should be done and why? I feel like I'm going in circles and I don't know why! Thanks so much for sharing your experience.