Fusible Applique - How I do my patterns
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Originally Posted by alleyoop1
So you don't stitch down your appliques? Don't they eventually come loose? I always stitch down my appliques - usually with a satin or button hole stitch.
#19
Thank You for that, takes the scariness away!
Originally Posted by Jennifer22206
Ok, this is a really long tutorial, and since I've had a lot of PM's about the quilt in my avatar, I figured that I'd make a tutorial with a new pattern that I just made up.
Please bear with me, this is a long one.
Step 1 is to pick your pattern. You can use whatever one you want. The one I'm using is one that I just designed - called Fairy Prayers. Remember that when you do fusible applique, all your images are REVERSED!
Please bear with me, this is a long one.
Step 1 is to pick your pattern. You can use whatever one you want. The one I'm using is one that I just designed - called Fairy Prayers. Remember that when you do fusible applique, all your images are REVERSED!
#20
Great job, thanks! Just remember, fusible ISN'T forever and it will lose it's attachment to the background fabric. I found this out the hard way on my avatar.
After 4 months the edges of my tree and thicket were lifting up from the background. I did quilt over all the fused pieces, just didn't get close enough to the edge and the edge lifted. I had to put my round wall hanging back on my frame and quilt a line down the edges of both sides to hold them down properly.
If you want faux trapunto on your pieces, sew the edges down for your fused piece and leave the rest to puff up. If you don't sew it down at all, you run the risk of having it fall off your piece completely.
After 4 months the edges of my tree and thicket were lifting up from the background. I did quilt over all the fused pieces, just didn't get close enough to the edge and the edge lifted. I had to put my round wall hanging back on my frame and quilt a line down the edges of both sides to hold them down properly.
If you want faux trapunto on your pieces, sew the edges down for your fused piece and leave the rest to puff up. If you don't sew it down at all, you run the risk of having it fall off your piece completely.
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