applique ideas - dilemma
#11
Originally Posted by MTS
Originally Posted by Scissor Queen
I'm appliqueing to an already quilted quilt.
#12
You want a poof. Can you poof by just putting a little batting in the center of the applique and not all the way to the edges or just stop an eight of inch or a quarter of inch short with the extra batting. I have used that method with some of my hand applique. I don't know what the same wouldn't work for machine applique.
Also quilting closely together in the background poofs things.
Also quilting closely together in the background poofs things.
#13
ok.. what if, you have a thin fusible interfacing, and fused it to a piece of fleece, then appliqued that on? Would that work?
If it's not going to be washed frequently, I know you can use felt to help puff things. :) I did that on a Sesame Street wall hanging for my DD.
If it's not going to be washed frequently, I know you can use felt to help puff things. :) I did that on a Sesame Street wall hanging for my DD.
#14
Originally Posted by Jennifer22206
ok.. what if, you have a thin fusible interfacing, and fused it to a piece of fleece, then appliqued that on? Would that work?
If it's not going to be washed frequently, I know you can use felt to help puff things. :) I did that on a Sesame Street wall hanging for my DD.
If it's not going to be washed frequently, I know you can use felt to help puff things. :) I did that on a Sesame Street wall hanging for my DD.
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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.
#16
Originally Posted by Scissor Queen
I'm working on an appliquéd 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 oappliquéue.
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 oappliquéue.
Any brilliant ideas? Something that'll make it have just a little dimension but not be too fuzzy???
#17
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Could you do what Kellen46 said but use polyfill stuffing instead of batting. Just stuff the piece as poofy as you want, then slipstitch the back together and attach it to the quilt. You might have to hand stitch the applique around instead of machine stitching it to the quilt, but it would be poofy.
#20
Originally Posted by MTS
Is there any reason you wouldn't trapunto the flowers after you've appliqued them to the front?
You could use poly batting to get the poof you want.
You could use poly batting to get the poof you want.
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