Mousie

I've really got to come back and look at this some more when I have more time. I love the way yours looks!

amazon

Beautiful! Nice tute!Thank you for sharing.

pjnesler

Beautiful - you've done a wonderful job!

Steady Stiching

Great tutioral and great photos and llovely applique. I'm in the process of trying to "really" learn how to do applique. I say "really learn" because what I havce been doing up to this point are large shapes with no innie points.
What type of needle do you use. Its hard to tell from the pictures because of the zoom. It looks long like a straw needle but a larger gage. I've got a love hate relationship with my straw needles, find i cant swoop the fabric with them and they bend so badly. I'd love the recomendation of a good applique needle.

catlinye_maker

Thanks everyone for your kind words! Try it out and let me know what needs to be improved or clarified.

Steady, that's one of the great debates of the applique world, right up there with silk vs cotton thread. The needle I use is a #12 sharp, and it's actually about 1 and 3/16 inches long (I went and measured.) When I was taking a beginning applique class years ago, my teacher told us that some people use sharps and some use straw needles and had us try both. I really hate the straw needles, hate hate hate. The short thin needle is best for me. They do bend eventually, but they work great!

I use John James #12 sharp and it's the perfect needle for me. (Also silk thread; YLI not Tire. I hate Tire silk thread too, it's a snarly mess to work with.)

pls1946

Nice technique and wonderful job on the tutorial......even I think I can do it!

mojo11

Thanks for teaching us. Looks great.

Lilrain

Thank you so very much for this tutorial. I will try it this coming week.

jcrow

Great tutorial. Now I may sound "not too smart", but now how do you attach it to your fabric? At the ends of the leaves? In a little? This is new to me and I love how your leaves look and you described how to do it so well, that I think I can do it but when I want to attach it to my quilt, what then?

karenkrafts

Very pretty thanks for posting it!