TASTER: Fusible Applique with Valerie Nesbitt
FREE Tasters (Quilting) • Educational, G, 11-Apr-2019
Making sure that all the bits of a fused picture are in the right place used to mean marking your background fabric. But with the use of this fusible sheet you can make the picture up first and then transfer it.
Sunbonnet Sue doesn’t have many pieces but is always a popular design and once you have the hang of the procedure you can move onto that complicated basket of flowers!
For ideas on the stitching you have a few options. Here you can find a couple of direct links for applique workshops:
Blanket Stitch Applique by Machine with Valerie Nesbitt.
Satin Stitch Applique with Valerie Nesbitt.
Click here to learn more about Valerie Nesbitt.
Click here to watch the full length version of this Taster
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