amma

I have used cottons, muslin, satin, denim, polyblends, scraps of fabrics of unkinown origins....
The main thing is NOT to sew on the very edge of the applique, that is where it wants to fray. Sew right next to it and then the stitch that goes over will hold down the appliqued edge and keep it from fraying.

amma

You could give this a try on some scraps and see if it will work for you.

LucyInTheSky

Thanks amma :)

mpspeedy

Have you used fabric glue. Most modern satin is polyster and doesn't take well to the heat needed for fusing. There are lots of fabric glues out there. Good Luck

BellaBoo

Next time say you will stencil the design on the costume, not sew it on. :lol:

amma

You may be on to something there!!! Lots of fabric paint out on the market now!!! :wink: :D :D

kwhite

I would have started differently but since you have gotten this far I would run a bead of glue around the edge of the fabric and let it dry before doing the zigzag around each piece. If you run into this next time I would do the reverse appliqué method for the shapes.

Up North

Lastnight I had a dream about the play Alice In Wonderland and all the costumes were terrific! LOL Don't worry!
could you just hand stitch a blanket stitch around those unruly parts?

Skeat

I too had to make capes once for volleyball w/satin, shiny and glitter fabrics...I too ran into the same problem...I used wonder under...and, left it as is....they are still together:)If you just don't feel good about leaving the edge as is...and sewing is not an option...try just a thin bit of matching acylic paint in a tube on the very edge...:)Wonder Under is my choice of fusing! I just used some pellon....it was a baaaad idea! I don't know if it was old or what...but, once pattern was ironed on to the back of of fabric....I could not seperate the paper off the backing to apply elsewhere....it was terrible!! just an fyi...Skeat (Or could try tear away stabilizer...which might be a bit much w/that fabric)

LucyInTheSky

I will definitely keep that in mind if it starts to fray!

What I did was iron it (a few times...) and leave it sans stitching. We're also under a time constraint (show opens on Thursday) and the costumer dropped this in my lap last week (don't know if I mentioned I made 7 of them). I told the actors to play nicely with the costume and I'm just going to check them to make sure they're not fraying/doing anything I don't want. If they do, I think the acrylic paint would be perfect.

Thank you all for your thoughts and suggestions!