applique ideas - dilemma
07-06-2011, 04:02 AM
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have you tried the fusible interfacing method where you put right sides together stitch around the edge clip a slit in the interfacing side turn it inside out, and stick a small piece of batting inside and fuse it to the top
07-06-2011, 04:21 AM
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If you do needle turn app its tight.
If that's too daunting try this..
Using a thin muslin, sew it to the right side of your app piece.
Slit it and turn them inside out. You can put a little batting inside and then machine app to your top.
If that's too daunting try this..
Using a thin muslin, sew it to the right side of your app piece.
Slit it and turn them inside out. You can put a little batting inside and then machine app to your top.
07-06-2011, 04:37 AM
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Originally Posted by PaperPrincess
Here's something dangerous and radical. since it's a wall hanging... Applique your flower, then make a small slit in the back of your quilt thru the batting, backing & top & then stuff some batting under the applique fabric, You can fray check the edges of the slit, then whip stitch a patch over it.
Carol J.
07-06-2011, 07:56 AM
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Go online and look for Eleanor Burns, Quilt in a Day. She has a fabulous way of doing it. Don't know if you get her show on cable where you live but you may want to check there as well. I think she shows that method in her book "Grandmother's Garden" or "Grandmother's Flower Garden", not really sure of the title but it's one of those. Good Luck!
07-06-2011, 09:01 AM
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Go to Eleanor Burns website (www.quiltinaday.com), and look for her free tutorial on how she does applique.
You take lightweight, fusible, non-woven interfacing ...sew it glue side to right side of the applique..trim close to the stitching line...make a slit in the back of the fusible...and turn the piece right side out...use the end of a small (not pointed or tiny), or a closed ink pen, etc...to push out any seams that need it...smooth everything... they you can iron the fusible side to the background and finish with your decorative or blind stitching...the fusible will give you just a hint of puffiness..If you need more..do a mock trupunto..put a piece of thin batting inside the slit in the fusible before you press it to the background.
You take lightweight, fusible, non-woven interfacing ...sew it glue side to right side of the applique..trim close to the stitching line...make a slit in the back of the fusible...and turn the piece right side out...use the end of a small (not pointed or tiny), or a closed ink pen, etc...to push out any seams that need it...smooth everything... they you can iron the fusible side to the background and finish with your decorative or blind stitching...the fusible will give you just a hint of puffiness..If you need more..do a mock trupunto..put a piece of thin batting inside the slit in the fusible before you press it to the background.
Originally Posted by Scissor Queen
I'm working on an appliqued wall hanging and I'm almost to the point where I need to add the flowers.
Here's my dilemma, I really want the flowers to have a slight poof to them but even the very thinnest cotton batting is too fuzzy around the edges of the applique.
Any brilliant ideas? Something that'll make it have just a little dimension but not be too fuzzy???
Here's my dilemma, I really want the flowers to have a slight poof to them but even the very thinnest cotton batting is too fuzzy around the edges of the applique.
Any brilliant ideas? Something that'll make it have just a little dimension but not be too fuzzy???
07-06-2011, 09:06 AM
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Originally Posted by Tartan
What kind of applique? You could do two layers of the same applique, stitching one down tight and only stitching the center and veins on the upper one. You could cut two, put them wrong sides together, stitch around and turn through an opening, add a little fiber fill and sew on. You could wait till you are ready to quilt and add a fusible piece of batt behind the quilt top applique, like in trapunto.
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