I am going to be adding some of Darcy Ashton bunnies to a spring quilt I am making. My question is: how should I applique them? Which method would hold up to washing? Fusible or hand stitched? Any help out there?

I always use lightweight fusible when doing applique by hand or machine.

my experience has been you can't JUST do the fusible, you have to stitch it down too. i'm repairing one now that i forgot to stitch some of the small pieces on, didn't even make one washing

I haven't had any trouble with fusible applique being washed. I do blanket stitch the edges down though :D:D:D

I usually just hand applique everything down without fusible and is fine.

It depends on how much it is going to be used and what for. Baby quilts I have fused and satin stiched around the applique. That sucker aint' going no where. LOL
If its something special I will hand applique. I love hand applique.

We use Wonder-under to fuse the fabric and then stitch around them to hold the edges.

The one below is a cat from the Garden Patch cat collection. It was part of our BOM last year.

Lanny

I have found that fusible does not hold up to machine washing affter awhile. What I do is use monofiliment thread &sew close to the edge & then do blanket switch.

This helps to keep the fusible anchored, as a blanket stitch is not enough to hold the very edges down permanently.

Hope this helps.