Thanks, Monique, Sharon, and Polly - I have definitely gotten a lot of appliqué practice.
Polly, those circles have a diameter of 1/2", so they're definitely smaller than a dime. I used the paper template from the Daffodil Wreath pattern to cut templates from the lightweight appliqué foundation recommended by Sharon Schamber. It stays inside the circle and when washed, the stiffness washes out, just leaving fine threads underneath the appliqué. I used it for everything on that piece except for the straight stems. I watched the Blue Bird applique video from the Free Stuff section on
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followed those techniques. That has worked better for me thananything else I've tried. It's still needleturn, but you have Elmer'sWashable School Glue holding the edges of the foundation to thefabric, and then you have dots of Elmer's White School Glue holdingthe piece to the background, so nothing slips and you have a firm edgeto turn the fabric against. I combined that with Suzanne Marshall's"Take-Away" appliqué which helps you cut the pieces so that the grainlines of the small pieces match the grainlines of the backgroundfabric, and also eliminates having to make any markings on thebackground fabric.
Can you tell I've been studying a lot about appliqué methods? :)
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