I guess I have been doing that all along, but never read its description! I think it's like "traveling" in that fold to the next stitch.......and I feel it holds the appliqué down better than just that little nip of a stitch

I am going to try that next time too. I am a rather sloppy appliqué person so maybe this way will help me. Thanks for the tip.

I'm betting that would do a better job of keeping the machine stitches hidden when hand stitching a binding on, too...not to mention being able to keep the bulk of the quilt away from you instead of next to you. Definitely worth a try. Thanks, Tartan!

Thanks Tartan. Sometimes a little adjustment makes all the difference. Thanks for sharing your epiphany.

This seems like a great tip. Thanks a lot.

How wonderful to learn and see all kinds of way and techniques. Thank you so much for sharing!. Kindly show us the whole thing!

[QUOTE=appleblossom;7244192]How wonderful to learn and see all kinds of way and techniques. Thank you so much for sharing!. Kindly show us the whole thing![/QUOTE. I will post a picture once I get my 6 last butterflies appliqués on.

Silly me did not know that others did the reverse.......

I don't come up to the top of the material. I come from the underneath then catch the edge of the 1/4 seam then go down under the edge so you don't see any stitching at all.

I have not tried this method but it looks really nice! Thanks for sharing. :)