I need some help...
05-25-2011, 04:52 AM
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Your poppies are gorgeous! You've gotten some great advice and I thought I'd add my two cents worth. I would do raw edge applique where you use matching thread on each piece stitching a 1/16 to 1/8 inside the pieces. I knot the thread ends and pull then to the back to be hidden in the quilt sandwich. The edges of the pieces will fray up to the stitching and add to the effect. Do your thread play accents before quilting too because the back will look neater.
When you quilt your piece, you can add the quilting where you want without trying to stitch through each piece to anchor it. That said, do what YOU think will look best, if you are going to frame it and not wash it , it won't matter.
When you quilt your piece, you can add the quilting where you want without trying to stitch through each piece to anchor it. That said, do what YOU think will look best, if you are going to frame it and not wash it , it won't matter.
05-25-2011, 06:04 AM
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Have done applique before and tried to do this after I sandwiched everything together..... NEVER AGAIN UGHHH!!!! Never have I had such a hard time manuvering things around. I would sew around the flowers and whatever else you want to applique before sandwiching it all together and then when you are quilting then you can put in the detail and it will show up really nice on the back if you want it to. Hope this helps you not to have the same headache that I have had. Jennifer
05-25-2011, 06:48 AM
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Originally Posted by star619
You do have another option. I only do the tops of my quilts, and send them to a quilter (fabulous) who does
"raw-edge applique." Trusting her, I sent my iron-on applique top to her. She not only secured the edges, she did all the detail work that you see here. It caught my breath when I opened the package from the post office. She turned it into a work of art! IMHO
"raw-edge applique." Trusting her, I sent my iron-on applique top to her. She not only secured the edges, she did all the detail work that you see here. It caught my breath when I opened the package from the post office. She turned it into a work of art! IMHO
05-25-2011, 09:13 AM
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You have plenty of good ideas here. I'll just add my two cents. I always use blanket stitch around my appliques. You can do a couple of straight stitches first to secure it, then blanket stitch right over the top of the straight stitches. You won't see them. I've done this with satin stitch too, but I think blanket stitch ends up looking better, especially if you haven't done it a lot. You must stitch down all raw edges so they don't pull up. Then you can do your decorative top stitches. When that' all done, make the quilt sandwich and quilt away!
05-25-2011, 10:28 AM
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:D Wow! Lots of wonderful ideas! :-D
Thank you!!!
I started to sew the pieces down
and had to laugh imagining Jennifer
trying to do it through her sandwiched
quilt! Twisting and turning it must have
been crazy-making. Sorry Jennifer and
thanks for the warning.
Thank you!!!
I started to sew the pieces down
and had to laugh imagining Jennifer
trying to do it through her sandwiched
quilt! Twisting and turning it must have
been crazy-making. Sorry Jennifer and
thanks for the warning.
05-25-2011, 10:50 AM
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Originally Posted by kiki1002
Fusing isn't permanent!!! I warn customers all the time. :)
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