Originally Posted by
lynnie
excellent price. but then again, some people buy expensive tools to turn points. I use my free chopsticks. I bought some pretty ones, painted for $1.
the tools are not used to turn points. Appliquick is a foundation method of applique. She uses a fusible interfacing for the applique shape, which is fused to the wrong side of the fabric. It is then cut out with seam allowance and the fork tool is used to hold the shape and turn it while the beveled end is used to turn her seam allowance over on the interfacing and glues it in place so you can either machine stitch your applique down or hand stitch. I also thought of lobster forks when I first saw the tools but after doing a hands on demo with her there are subtle differences. Not so much the fork end as the beveled "smoothing end".