Hello all, I want to applique on kitchen towels, but the back of the towel will have only stiching, can I use a dryer sheet to put on back side of towel and do I need to cut away or could I leave on.
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I'd certainly cut it away. Kitchen towels see a lot of laundry time, and you'd just end up with a "frill" on the backside.
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Why don't you get some tear-away stabilizer? It will help you do a good job and then you can rip it off.
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I am attempting to not spend money and I read on a how to guide that I could use the dryer sheet and then cut away or leave on...so that is why I was questioning on wether to leave on, (couldn't hurt and it would smell nice) LOL
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What I do for applique is heavily starch the background for stability; then I don't need to use a stabilizer underneath. Haven't tried it on towels, but I think it would be worth a try (and inexpensive).
Here's my method. Mix a 1:1 solution of Sta-Flo liquid laundry starch and water. "Paint" the solution on with a large wall-painting brush until the fabric is saturated. Toss in dryer. Iron with steam. Other types of starch could be substituted as long as it makes for a very heavy starching. |
Any time you have to "cut away" stabilizer on the back of a towel you risk cutting the loops or material. Be very careful. That's why I'd use a tear away.
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Originally Posted by Candace
Any time you have to "cut away" stabilizer on the back of a towel you risk cutting the loops or material. Be very careful. That's why I'd use a tear away.
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Thank you all, I am using flour sack towels, I don't know if that makes a difference then terry, I will see about getting some tear away stabilzer though, I definitely do not want a mess...
Another question if you don't mind, when I was attempting to machine applique I used the zig zag stitch and when I cam e to a corner (teddy bear applique) it started to get messy so I stopped and tore out before going further, so then I started hand stitching and it does not look good to me, because I used a web fusing and did not cut out pattern before on fusing so it would only fuse the edges, it is stiff, but too bad can work with, but I would really like to do the zig zag stitch but not sure what I am doing wrong when lifting foot and turning and stitching...any suggestions on what the best way is too do machine or hand....new at appliqueing, well actually still new period... |
Originally Posted by fabrichore
Thank you all, I am using flour sack towels, I don't know if that makes a difference then terry, I will see about getting some tear away stabilzer though, I definitely do not want a mess...
Another question if you don't mind, when I was attempting to machine applique I used the zig zag stitch and when I cam e to a corner (teddy bear applique) it started to get messy so I stopped and tore out before going further, so then I started hand stitching and it does not look good to me, because I used a web fusing and did not cut out pattern before on fusing so it would only fuse the edges, it is stiff, but too bad can work with, but I would really like to do the zig zag stitch but not sure what I am doing wrong when lifting foot and turning and stitching...any suggestions on what the best way is too do machine or hand....new at appliqueing, well actually still new period... |
thank you Grann... :lol:
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