Love RiverMomms appliques! She inspired us all to applique on jelly roll race quilts! Fusible would be the only way for me, i tried it on one of my JRR quilts.
Love RiverMomms appliques! She inspired us all to applique on jelly roll race quilts! Fusible would be the only way for me, i tried it on one of my JRR quilts.
I just finished an applique quilt for my dgt. I researched every technique and because I am basically impatient and a little lazy I decided to do the "easy" way. I used feathweight fusible and the zig-zag stitch on my machine. Worked out great. I liked the featherweight because it does the job and the applique doesn't feel stiff like some of the fusibles
RiverMomm those are adorable. I have been thinking I want to do a jelly roll race to get practice piecing. That simple pattern with the appliques just jumps out at me. Thank you so much!
River mom, I love your appliqués !! They are so darling I am inspired to try it myself.
I've never done much appliqué, but I think I'll try it agin
Thanks
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Needle turn worked very well for me when I first started quilting. Now that it's been years since I did any hand work, it's not so easy anymore. If you prefer the look of needle turned, give one piece a try to see how you like it.That first piece would be easy to rip out and fuse on if you don't like how it turns out.
I think you should pick some small projects and try out a different method on each project to determine what YOU like to do best. There are many methods to choose from, and all kinds of free tutorials and how-tos on the web.
The only applique I do is with my embroidery machine. My fingers are so full of arthritis that theres no way I could sew it by hand. I love doing "In The Hoop Applique".
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I took a class in machine applique and liked it. The instructor's method was to create the shapes as if you were doing needle turn, but then sew it down with a blind hem stitch and invisible thread. I thought it was fun to do and pretty easy once you learned all the techniques. Find a design and try it in each method and see what works best for you.
RiverMomm your quilts are nice! I'm not a fan of JRR, but the applique changes everything. They look great!
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Years ago, everything I sewed practically had applique on it! I loved applique. I'd buy (this was before internet days so we had to buy!) coloring books and use the pages as patterns. I always just cut fabric slightly bigger than the pattern piece, pressed iron on interfacing to the back of the fabric piece, then pinned the pattern to the fabric and cut it out, and then pinned to the project and zig zagged around it....adjusting the width and length of the zigzag to accomodate the pattern. Very easy and applique is the best ever way to enhance something!
I see now that they have this interfacing with a backing on it and you peel the back off the interface and press to the fabric...and dont even have to sew it down. I have also seen Eleanor Burns version..where she sews a thin interfeacing to the right side of the pattern, then turns it inside out, giving it a totally finished edge and then either sews it down completely or sew it just in the middle and leaves the edges loose for a 3-D fussy cut decoration. I look forward to trying that one of these days.