Reverse Hand Applique with Dawn Cameron-Dick

Workshop notes for Reverse Applique by Dawn Cameron-Dick

- written by Valerie Nesbitt

Dawn traces off the whole design onto freezer paper;  if your design is too small you can always enlarge it with the help of a photocopier.

Cut out the parts of the freezer paper that you want to be your applique bits (in Dawn’s case the petals of the flower)

Iron this on top of the top piece of fabric and trace through the holes – this is the right side of your work so take care.

Then take your 2^nd piece of fabric that will be the petals and tack it carefully so that it is right side up below the background fabric, held securely but NOT through the petals of the flower.

Cut away the petals from the front, taking care that you only cut the top layer and leave yourself a small seam allowance

Needleturn the seam allowance under until the drawn line is right on the edge, using the heat of your thumb to press, and then using  your thin needle and thread stitch  the top layer into the bottom layer.

Repeat for all the petals and other shapes where  you want the bottom fabric to show through.