Use an open toe foot and if you can change needle position, try that. I have the edge of the applique on the inside edge of my foot and use needle down and go slowly. Practice on a scrap to see where to have needle position. Hope this helps.

Thanks so much for asking this question. I had been working on a project that I put away until after I got my machine serviced, but it is still put away. Now that I know I was also using the wrong foot, I will start practicing again.

An open toed foot is pretty imperative so you can see where you're going. Please remember to post your quilt pic when you're finished, we'd love to see it!

i don't use the fusably stuff anymore. i made one quilt , and used 7 yards of fushing.i put computer paper undar mine, and it does great.

I took a class last year on embellishments and we did it by free motion quilting to put our appliques onto item. The tropical birds and flowers were all added by FMQ.

never crossed my mind to think of using the open or clear foot. I'm gonna do that and PRACTICE.....PRACTICE....PRACTICE. What a helpful idea for solving that problem, for me and plenty of others.

THANKS all of you that replied to the original person, as it helped me as well.

You can also use a tiny zig zag with invisible thread

I like that idea and will try it also. Speaking of attaching something, the idea just flew into my head that when I make those dolls I give away to kids with cancer and other devestating things, I could take a piece of vinyl (a rectangle or a square wide enough for two or three fingers to poke into, attach it with either method and make a pocket where an
'I LOVE YOU' or other notes could be put inside the pocket (ever changing notes) for the child to read to keep her (his if a boy doll) spirits up. Hope that makes sense. It would go in the center on the the front bottom on the girls skirt
(or the front of the boys pant legs on the right or left side)

Has has been previously said:
Open toe foot
Go slow
Practice, practice, practice
Sometimes on small pieces you may only be able to take a couple of stitches before you have to raise the presser foot and turn the piece just a hair.

So glad this question was asked. I just appliqued last night, and I did pretty good, but, never thought of an open toe foot. I'm sure my result would have been better, but I still need to practice, practice, practice.