Garden Party quilt
 

I’m doing an appliqué quilt for the first time and I’m seeing a lot of YouTube tutorials. Any advice would be appreciated. Plenty of time since I’m just at the planning stage. Thanks!

Okay... kind of confused here. Looking for advice about what? Fabric choices? Applique techniques? Product recommendations? As you say, there's lots of YTs out there.

Appliqué
 

Sorry about that. Appliqué advice! Any tutorial suggestions might be helpful. Or where to start. Thank you.

Do you have a pattern in mind? Will you hand appliqué or do fusible with machine appliqué?

Is this what you are interested in making?
https://www.fiberworks-heine.com/sho...-x20365221.htm

SharonH2O, welcome to the Quilting Board. When I applique, it's by hand. I will use a wash away fusible and trace my shapes onto the fusible, cut the pieces out and iron onto the wrong side of my fabric. After that, I'll either do needle turn applique or thread baste the pieces.

Hi Paddington
 

Yes, I have that exact pattern. Laura Heine’s Garden Party. Just got back into quilting so I missed it in its heyday. lol I haven’t been able to find a kit. Those are long gone. So I’ll do it myself.

I’ve never done appliqué or hand quilting but this one does use a fusible.

I’d prefer machine appliqué.

I always use the lite Heat’n bond product for my machine appliqué, it is my favourite. However recently I have been helping a friend with a Laura Heine collage pattern and it calls for steam a seam 2.
Does your pattern also build the quilt on a foundation like the collage ones, or is it more of a “normal” appliqué pattern where you fuse your appliqué to the background? Do you have a see through appliqué sheet to build your shapes on before fusing them to your background? Just asking these questions to see if there is something I can help you with.

have you already seen this video about the laser cut kit? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tNrJNu3BF60

Yep, from 5 yrs ago. Saw that one and Laser Cut no longer sells the kit.

I’ve never used fusible so I have no idea how it works other than what I’ve seen on video. I do know that I’m fusing on a background fabric. There is some building up like dots on the bug and the flower center going over it ends of the petals.

One thing I could use help with!!! There are a total of 432 hearts surrounding the dandelion stem. Can I fuse them first and then punch them out with a leather punch (used to work with leather years ago). It would save a lot of time. Not that I have to fuse them first but the stiffer the fabric is, the cleaner the punch will be, even doing 10 or 20 at a time.

Either way thanks so much for everyone’s input!!!!

I've never tried to punch fabric, but I have cut it with a Silhouette. My advice is to not use fusible to stiffen the applique, because the fusible is permanent and, depending on which product you use, can make your quilt very stiff. Use starch or a product called Terial Magic. I'm not sure how punching fabric works, but this is what I used to make the fabric stiff enough to run through my cutter.

Laura H does the fusible applique with heat and bond and raw edges. I took a class to make one. This cannot be washed.
To machine applique, I draw a reverse picture on backside of background and place the applique fabric over area to cover on front. Straight stitch around pattern from back, then turn over to front and trim near stitching. After colored pieces are all in place, satin stitch. Hope that helps.
The first pic is fusible applique, and the second pic is satin stitched applique.

I have only done needle turn applique, and I absolutely love the women of Piece O' Cake. They have very in-depth tutorials, and their enthusiasm for applique is contagious. Their books are good, too.

A leather punch pretty much works on the same principle as a Gemini cutter. I’d put a thick piece of leather on the bottom, fold the fabric a few times and hit the die with a mallet.

Didn’t think of starch!!! Great idea. I’ll try that.

Wow! Those are gorgeous. I’m looking for an online tutorial. What’s the difference between Heat & Bond and Steam A Seam 2? Amazed at the price of this stuff! For the price what’s it do? Thanks!

it holds the appliqué piece in place while you sew it on instead of pins. It easily helps you mark on the shape of the appliqué on the back. It stabilises the edges. You will probably want to use “lite” which is thinner.

Some fabrics, I guess mostly with raw edge appliqué, just fray as you are stitching so it is great for stopping that.

Hi. Is this someone on YouTube?

Yes. Google "piece o cake".

this is a laser cut kit with the Garden Party pattern but different fabric than the original. It’s a bit pricey but considering all those small pieces might be worth it.

https://www.fiberworks-heine.com/sho...-x20635055.htm

Hi Janie,

I really appreciate you taking the time to look, but yeah. I knew about that Yippee style and I really don’t like it. It’s so busy it takes away from the look I’d like to have. Lots of spots everywhere. lol. Sorry about that, but thanks.

No worries, Sharon. It’s too busy for me, too . We all have different tastes so thought it was worth a shot. I had fun snooping around the inter webs instead of doing housework. Time well spent.

I quite like this quilt (the orignial by Laura Heine) for a small throw rug. If you don't have a heart punch how would you make those tiny hearts? They seem to be less than 6mm (1/4 inch) each

You couldn't even sew them on by hand could you? Would they be embroidery?

There is no information on the pattern site.

Oh I am such a dummy. I've found a facebook thing and the quilt is 66 x 88 inches (not metric) so the hearts are much bigger. I think about 3/4 of an inch (1.8mm) each heart.
https://www.facebook.com/purplekatzq...97866698383729

This video suggests you can sew areound each heart or use seem a steam and then close quilt over the whole thing so you don't have to go around each piece. She says it's permanent bond so will srvive washing.

So true Janie. And sadly that Yippee style kit is the only type left. Such a gorgeous design lost in a sea of spots. Thanks for checking.

I measured and most are around 20cm so that’s the size punch I ordered.

http://www.etsy.com/listing/714399650/

What I didn’t like about the pattern is hearts are hand drawn on and all look different size. The punch will allow me to get them all uniform. 400 with a punch is not that much.

Yep. I was also surprised at how large the hearts were. The pattern looks harder than it is Paddington. If you go back to the video you posted look closely and you’ll see there’s only one block. Just one. And it’s turned in different directions and done in different colors. Very clever.

So each block has 36 hearts and 8 circles on it, for a total of 432 and 96 respectively. Still looking for a circle punch.

Hello! To answer your question, Heat and bond uses an iron to "bond", whereas steam a seam 2 used adhesive peel off backing to "bond". This also allows you to draw on reverse side.

Hi Ashley. Not sure yet if I need to draw on the reverse side. I need 8yrds of 24in wide Steam A Seam and based on how it’s packaged that’s an awkward amount. I’m a frugal cutter and to me 8yrds sounds like way too much and why 24in wide. I’ll have to research more because I hate waste!

this is the tutorial that helped my friend understand how to handle the long piece of steam a seam and placing your fabric chunks on it

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WFc7MBdXu_Y

The best machine applique class for me was with Creative Feet inventor Clare Rowley. Her Satin Edge foot is wonderful for machine applique, it does a lot more than the satin stitch. Her you tube videos are long but full of information.

Did you see that the kit does NOT include the background? You could use a solid white, which would calm it down considerably.

Hi Thimblebug!

Thank you. That was extremely helpful to understanding the process. Loved it!

Hi Peckish!

Yep I noticed but I didn’t like any of those muted fall colors that made up the flower petals. For me, the entire look seems to fall flat. I think I like the vibrant rainbow of colors from the original palette so much more. Yippee is not doing it for me. lol