Do you use the no melt mylar sheets from Joann's Fabric for your applique templates?

I just found this product and look at this for applique!

http://kimsbigquiltingadventure.blog...-tutorial.html

This product (or a similar one) has been around for many years.
I learned to applique using this material about 20 or so years ago. Gives beautiful results. Google Karen Kay Buckley - my first quilt teacher. Her quilts are extraordinary. She is a wonderful teacher and I am so lucky to have had her influence early on.

Nice link!

several products of no melt mylar.......Perfect Shape from The Stencil Co, Templar from LQS etc etc. Mylar is a specific type of plastic that doesn't melt. Use it with a bit of liqid starch on the edge of the fabric and fold over and iron. Makes really sharp edges.

I have used it ... it's fine. Good for ironing the seam allowance material around template and/or starching to hold it before appliqueing.

Yeah, its great for all templates. Cuts easily with scissors or knives. And no annoying curling us like the semi-transparent rolls! I can get it cheap at a little valu store.

I use it. Sure beats cereal boxes.

I love it!

I used some of this for my first starch-method applique piece and all the pieces buckled and melted. I guess I was using too hot an iron. I was pressing the edges with my little Clover wand iron and then giving them a final blast of steam with my regular iron.

Then I bought some stuff called Templar and it's very similar - a bit thicker, maybe? Anyway, I turned the heat down for the next block and the Templar didn't melt out of shape or warp. I don't know if it's the different brand or the lessened heat and I haven't tried the other kind with lower heat to see if it stands up as well.

The preparation for this kind of applique is insane - but the results are worth it, aren't they? When my first block was done, I couldn't believe I had made it, it was so pretty. Not perfect, but so precise and consistent - I'm definitely hooked!