new to appliqué ...
#1
new to appliqué ...
I am new to appliqué and have watched some tutorial on using light weight fusible interfacing.. what I was wondering after you have the appliqué ironed on the quilt and stitched around the appliqué, do you quilt over it as you finish the quilt? or go around it...Thanks
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I am new to appliqué and have watched some tutorial on using light weight fusible interfacing.. what I was wondering after you have the appliqué ironed on the quilt and stitched around the appliqué, do you quilt over it as you finish the quilt? or go around it...Thanks
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on the appliqués quilts I have made, I didn't stitch on the appliqué just around it. If you see it needs to be secured, I would think of adding details to the inside of the applique. But then, I am talking about hand quilting. I have little experience combining machine quilting and applique.
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I did a tablerunner with applique santa's on it. I fused them on, then did a Buttonhole St. by hand around them. When the lady quilted it she did not quilt on them. (longarm) They poofed way up, and I don't like the look at all, and they don't lay flat either!! Next time I will ask her to quilt something on the appliques.
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Whether I quilt on the applique or not depends on the size and composition of the applique. If it is really small, I usually only outline quilt around it. If there are individual pieces in the applique, I quilt around the individual pieces as well as the outline quilting. As has been suggested, veins in leaves often work. I have seen a lot of machine quilting, not custom, with an overall pattern that quilts right over the applique. I prefer custom quilting to highlight the applique, but it depends on the quilt, its purpose and the intricacy of the applique
#8
this is just a baby quilt, I did a tumbler quilt and the one fabric had dinosaurs on it, so I just cut out some dinosaur out of solid blue fabric and appliquéd them on ...it looks kind of cute for my first time appliqué ..what I am concerned about is being a baby quilt it will get washed a lot and I don't want them to come off..so that is why I thought quilting over them would hold them down better..I did do a blanket stitch around the design also..
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There are no hard and fast rules about it. Some people don't want any quilting on the applique, others want detail quilted. Some times a lot of quilting is required on it. For example on this quilt the maker didn't sew any of the pieces down, it was all raw edge fusible (misty fuse) on un prewashed fabric. So the applique was coming up like crazy. the factory sizing kept it from forming a bond. I had to quilt the bejeebers out of it to get it to stay put and it was still coming up along the edges. http://www.quiltingboard.com/picture...g-t256886.html . On quilts where the fusible has been secured with additional stitching I tend to just outline. But really there are no rules. Do what you think looks best and what you like.
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