Originally Posted by
LGJARN52
Excellent applique work! Did you stitch in the ditch for this one?
Thank you! I really like doing applique, but I think I still have some things to learn.
I did SITD for the patchwork coverlet, some fmq loops around the bear's head, hearts between the inner line and the ric-rac, and then diagonal squares outside the ric-rac.
For the applique, I did straight stitching around it about 1/8" out from the outer edges, and on the body and face, I used invisible thread on the top to SITD by the blanket stitching. If I'd thought ahead enough, I would have saved the blanket stitching to actually be the quilting, rather than doing it on the top only, but it all turned out well enough. 😊