Fusible appliqué stitching sequence
Hi. I’m making placemats that will have fused letters on them. I plan to just straight stitch the perimeter of the letters to support the fusible. Do I do that stitching before quilting the placemats or can it be done in the quilting process? What do you recommend? Thanks in advance. Last minute Christmas project :o
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I would stitch the applique letters first.
Then layer the place-mat with batting and backing. Then quilt it all together. I wouldn't want the letters to show on the back as they will be backwards. |
If you are just straight stitching the outline of the letters, you can stitch and quilt all in one go but the letters will be in reverse on the back.
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I’ve always regretted not quilting the background first.
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I learned the hard way that you do it first. You want your letters secure on all lines. Quilting first you could easily miss some of the lines of the applique.
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Originally Posted by juliasb
(Post 8339403)
I learned the hard way that you do it first. You want your letters secure on all lines. Quilting first you could easily miss some of the lines of the applique.
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Thanks for your advice on this. I think I went against the majority vote, but am happy with the results. I stitched around the appliqué in the quilting process to save time and here’s a couple of pics. I quilted them on my domestic machine and am I bit rusty having a Longarm now, which was already loaded with a big quilt. Merry Christmas everyone! [ATTACH=CONFIG]621065[/ATTACH][ATTACH=CONFIG]621066[/ATTACH]
P.S. pattern for table runner adapted to placemats from Polka Dot Chair online. |
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