Do you use the no melt mylar sheets for applique templates from Joann's Fabric?
10-20-2010, 03:51 PM
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Do you use the no melt mylar sheets from Joann's Fabric for your applique templates?
I just found this product and look at this for applique!
http://kimsbigquiltingadventure.blog...-tutorial.html
I just found this product and look at this for applique!
http://kimsbigquiltingadventure.blog...-tutorial.html
10-20-2010, 04:09 PM
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This product (or a similar one) has been around for many years.
I learned to applique using this material about 20 or so years ago. Gives beautiful results. Google Karen Kay Buckley - my first quilt teacher. Her quilts are extraordinary. She is a wonderful teacher and I am so lucky to have had her influence early on.
I learned to applique using this material about 20 or so years ago. Gives beautiful results. Google Karen Kay Buckley - my first quilt teacher. Her quilts are extraordinary. She is a wonderful teacher and I am so lucky to have had her influence early on.
10-20-2010, 05:06 PM
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several products of no melt mylar.......Perfect Shape from The Stencil Co, Templar from LQS etc etc. Mylar is a specific type of plastic that doesn't melt. Use it with a bit of liqid starch on the edge of the fabric and fold over and iron. Makes really sharp edges.
03-06-2011, 06:38 AM
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I used some of this for my first starch-method applique piece and all the pieces buckled and melted. I guess I was using too hot an iron. I was pressing the edges with my little Clover wand iron and then giving them a final blast of steam with my regular iron.
Then I bought some stuff called Templar and it's very similar - a bit thicker, maybe? Anyway, I turned the heat down for the next block and the Templar didn't melt out of shape or warp. I don't know if it's the different brand or the lessened heat and I haven't tried the other kind with lower heat to see if it stands up as well.
The preparation for this kind of applique is insane - but the results are worth it, aren't they? When my first block was done, I couldn't believe I had made it, it was so pretty. Not perfect, but so precise and consistent - I'm definitely hooked!
Then I bought some stuff called Templar and it's very similar - a bit thicker, maybe? Anyway, I turned the heat down for the next block and the Templar didn't melt out of shape or warp. I don't know if it's the different brand or the lessened heat and I haven't tried the other kind with lower heat to see if it stands up as well.
The preparation for this kind of applique is insane - but the results are worth it, aren't they? When my first block was done, I couldn't believe I had made it, it was so pretty. Not perfect, but so precise and consistent - I'm definitely hooked!
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