What do you use for stabilizer for applique?
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Originally Posted by TonnieLoree
I've used fuseable interfacing. Sew it to what needs to be appliqued. Cut around the excess. Put slit in the interfacing so you can turn it. Poke out all corners and run a knitting needle around the curves. Fuse into place (no pinning, and no need to remove the interfacing.)
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Originally Posted by Maia B
Originally Posted by TonnieLoree
I've used fuseable interfacing. Sew it to what needs to be appliqued. Cut around the excess. Put slit in the interfacing so you can turn it. Poke out all corners and run a knitting needle around the curves. Fuse into place (no pinning, and no need to remove the interfacing.)
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I starch the background fabric super stiff and then use the Eleanor Burns method of turning the edges under with fusible interfacing. Of course, I only do machine work so it probably wouldn't work for anyone who wants to do it by hand.
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Originally Posted by TonnieLoree
I've used fuseable interfacing. Sew it to what needs to be appliqued. Cut around the excess. Put slit in the interfacing so you can turn it. Poke out all corners and run a knitting needle around the curves. Fuse into place (no pinning, and no need to remove the interfacing.)
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