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JLMiller 06-17-2011 06:24 PM
Originally Posted by Farm Quilter
Originally Posted by JLMiller
i seen on a fons n porter show once that they cut the fusiable so it was just on the edges of the design and then they didn't have it stiff for the whole thing.. anyone hear of doing it that way before?
I have done it - the larger base fabric on my wolf on my avatar was huge so I did about an inch wide strip around the outside edge of the piece. For smaller pieces, I just have to do the whole piece of material.
after a few washings does the smaller ones 'soften' up?

penski 06-17-2011 10:19 PM
you did a great job at explaining !!! thank you

Farm Quilter 06-19-2011 06:07 PM
Originally Posted by JLMiller
Originally Posted by Farm Quilter
Originally Posted by JLMiller
i seen on a fons n porter show once that they cut the fusiable so it was just on the edges of the design and then they didn't have it stiff for the whole thing.. anyone hear of doing it that way before?
I have done it - the larger base fabric on my wolf on my avatar was huge so I did about an inch wide strip around the outside edge of the piece. For smaller pieces, I just have to do the whole piece of material.
after a few washings does the smaller ones 'soften' up?
Mine is a wall hanging, so it will not be washed. I have never used fusible on a quilt that would be washed. I'd like to know the answer to that too!

audsgirl 06-21-2011 10:37 PM
Originally Posted by JLMiller
i seen on a fons n porter show once that they cut the fusiable so it was just on the edges of the design and then they didn't have it stiff for the whole thing.. anyone hear of doing it that way before?
They call that "windowing'' the fusible. I always do that for any piece that is large enough to make it worth the effort. And I always stitch the appliques down someway.

kathymarie 06-25-2011 12:36 PM
Originally Posted by Jennifer22206
Ok, this is a really long tutorial, and since I've had a lot of PM's about the quilt in my avatar, I figured that I'd make a tutorial with a new pattern that I just made up.

Please bear with me, this is a long one.
Step 1 is to pick your pattern. You can use whatever one you want. The one I'm using is one that I just designed - called Fairy Prayers. Remember that when you do fusible applique, all your images are REVERSED!
Very nice...I use paper-backed fusible as well.
A teacher recommended MistyFuse to me....have you ever used that? Just wondering...

bjolly 06-25-2011 12:45 PM
I just looked at your tutorial. I am trying to learn applique. Is it okay to do nothing around the edges of the applique peices - no zig zag etc.? Will those ever fray? Thank you, Barb

blossom808 06-25-2011 12:50 PM
Nice tute, thank you

Farm Quilter 06-25-2011 04:44 PM
Originally Posted by bjolly
I just looked at your tutorial. I am trying to learn applique. Is it okay to do nothing around the edges of the applique pieces - no zigzag etc.? Will those ever fray? Thank you, Barb
Fusible is not permanent, the edges will lift and fray even if you never wash the piece, so you have to sew them down in some way or another. I personally prefer to quilt them down when I am quilting the piece, but I have a longarm so that is the easy way for me.

fred singer 06-26-2011 11:12 AM
thank-you for your tutorail

pippa45 07-01-2011 03:11 AM
Thank you great information.
Please tell me how do you get the stiffness out
of the finished product.
Regards Marlene.
Bendigo Vic.


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