Wall hanging applique: onto just front fabric or with batting?
03-16-2025, 01:42 PM
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Wall hanging applique: onto just front fabric or with batting?
I am starting a wall hanging where I’m planning to machine raw edge appliqué these scrap pieces using satin stitch to make flowers. I’m not sure if I should just be appliquéing them into the background fabric, background plus batting, or the whole sandwich. Tips?
03-16-2025, 04:56 PM
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I guess it depends on the finished look you want, on the last raw edge floral applique wall hanging I made, I put batting behind the fabric with the flowers, stitched them down, then trimmed the batting to the edge of the stitching, around each petal. Then when done with the whole thing, sandwiched and quilted close around the petals, giving them more height.
03-19-2025, 05:25 PM
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I have a different view. I’d quilt the background/backing/batting and then applique over the top and quilt as you need to for the appliques.
I made a baby quilt once with an elaborate design of overlapping circles and did it this way. The circles were topstitched down and quilted in spaced concentric circles. The background quilting didn’t show through and the quilt itself has held up very well. Did 2 of them, actually, with the entire quilt quilted before applique.
With a wall hanging, it’s unlikely to be washed, so durability would be a slam dunk.
I made a baby quilt once with an elaborate design of overlapping circles and did it this way. The circles were topstitched down and quilted in spaced concentric circles. The background quilting didn’t show through and the quilt itself has held up very well. Did 2 of them, actually, with the entire quilt quilted before applique.
With a wall hanging, it’s unlikely to be washed, so durability would be a slam dunk.
