Judy, that is exactly right!

I should have also mentioned that if you are doing a more difficult design, say a feather wreath...you do it the EXACT same way...stitch with the Water soluable outside the design only, but don't forget to stitch the inner ring. You will stitch down anywhere you want to remove batting, you just don't have to do all the say...individual feathers. And if you mess up....don't worry, just loop around and sew where you need to as the water soluable is going to go away anyhow.

Those are some by Fiskars that I like for this purpose. Yes, the tips are fairly rounded. I saw some at Wally's the other day, I think for $11 bucks. I paid more for mine but love them.

LOL...you are ALL welcome...I better go get that guest room ready :wink:

Thanks for the Tute, Patti. I am going to try this soon, I hope.

Thanks for the great tutorial, I have always been a fond love of it but never seen it done like this. I have seen it where you have to cut a hole in your quilt and stuff it but never like this where you do it before you add your backing. I have a question regarding the quilting, can I still do hand quilting around the design as I am not good at machine quilting and love to hand quilt.

Thanks again
Judy

Brilliant tute! Definitely going to try this! There are scissors called 'duck bills' that would be ideal for this - I was going to get some for a raw edge applique technique I do where you sew an overlap of fabric then trim the top layer back to the stitching line and then couch yarn over this to hide it. Anyway (waffle, waffle :mrgreen: ) those same scissors would be great for this too! Duck bill applique scissors. :D

I even took a class, but this is a great refresher course as I love the look, thanks a bunch

On the first pic ( I think) it looks like you have your FMQ foot on the machine - can you use a regular foot and do it like regular stitching ?

Thanks for the great instructions -you made it possible for me to try it.

Very interesting. thanks for sharing.