Applique question
#11
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Originally Posted by pam7858
I have Wonder Under and iron it on to fuse the pieces onto my quilt top. But is there a secret to the inital ironing it on the back of the pieces? I have sticky stuff all over my ironing board. Do you put a scrap cloth that you can throw away, or how do I do this "cleanly" Thanks !!
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#12
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Originally Posted by Scissor Queen
I just iron it to a piece of fabric that's bigger than the piece of Wonder Under. I cut my appliques out after I iron the WU to fabric.
#14
thanks so much for you input. I knew you all would solve my problem. When I am making my own I'll fuse fabric then cut shapes. When I'm using precuts I'll use the cookie sheet stuff. THANKS TO ALL !
Originally Posted by susie-susie-susie
I always iron the fusable to the fabric before cutting it out. That way the fussable is all the way to the edge of the piece. I never have a sticky mess doing it this way.
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#16
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draw the applique shape on the paper side of the wonder-under- press the fusable to the back side of the fabric---cut out the shape= no fusable should get on anything except the fabric you are adhereing it to.
after cutting out your shape- fuse it to the back ground- no muss-no fuss-no mess
after cutting out your shape- fuse it to the back ground- no muss-no fuss-no mess
#19
I read a trick the other day about protecting your ironing board. If you're going to be working with anything sticky, or doing a lot of starching, iron down a piece of freezer paper on your ironing board, do your work, and then pull the freezer paper up and your board is still nice and clean. I've been doing that. Works great.
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