I have some horse fabric that I want to applique onto Lilly's new dress without using satin stitch. I really don't like fussing around setting stitch width and tensions. This method is much easier on larger appliques.
I use non-iron non-woven interfacing. I place the interfacing on the top of the applique.
I then sew all the way around. Trim the sides nice and neat and snip a hole into the interfacing.
I then turn the applique through the hole.
I roll out the sides and push out the corners. Then press my applique.
The raw edges are now folded in nice and tidy.
I've done three for a dress for Lilly.
I pin them into place, ready to be stitched down.
I topstitch around each applique.
Matching the thread on the top for each one.
And here is Lilly's new dress.
4 comments:
That is a really brilliant way of doing applique! I can think of lots of ways that I'm going to try that :) And what a fab dress!
That's a great idea! I love it :)
The dress looks fantastic, as does Lilly wearing it in the next post! Thanks for the applique tip - I've never done that before but will be in the future!
What an awesome idea. I'm going to try that techniques ASAP.
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