What is the best stabilizer for applique??
#31
Do you cut out the center of the traced appliqe paper pieces? This will give you a nice soft look. Just leave enough of the traced template to be able to iron it to the back of your fabric that you will cut your pieces out from. This takes away all of the stiffness. I use regular lite Heat n Bond and have for many years. I do the raw edge applique. If you are doing hand applique, you wouldn't use any stabilizer, just freezer paper that can be removed.
#32
You are new to quilting and you sewed pictorial quilts like that?!?! They're beautiful and look great in frames.
One of my landscape quilting books (can't remember which one) the author said the best stabilizer was three applications of starch. I tried it and it works like a charm. Almost no fraying on the applique pieces, even though I machine stitched quite close to the edges.
One of my landscape quilting books (can't remember which one) the author said the best stabilizer was three applications of starch. I tried it and it works like a charm. Almost no fraying on the applique pieces, even though I machine stitched quite close to the edges.
#33
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i am making a pattern for a lap size quilt that also uses Heat N Bond lite and was thinking same thing: too stiff to quilt. I'm glad to hear that it will soften once washed though mine is meant to hang on the wall under a cathedral ceiling.
That said, i'd still gift the light house. it would be a lovely addition to any home. i'd make room for it on one of my walls.
That said, i'd still gift the light house. it would be a lovely addition to any home. i'd make room for it on one of my walls.
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I don''t use anything under my needle-turn applique. Try to get one of Pat Campbell's Jacobean Applique books and study her system of "sweeping the edge under" with a needle. To me, when I make freezer paper templates and press to the pieces, I have made the flower, etc. twice. It does take practice, but it can be done.
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