I just recently bought an Appliqué Sheet. I remember on Simply Quilts a lady demonstrated using it and I wanted one. I remember some how she was making a flower arrangement and did it all first then moved the whole piece to her main fabric. I don't remember the middle steps. Can some one help me. The instructions were poorly written.
Thanks, She in PA
Usually a lot of your pieces in an applique will overlap. If you position them where they need to be on top of the applique sheet (have the pattern underneath so you can see where the pieces need to go), then fuse them together, you can then lift the whole piece over to your background. Then you fuse the whole thing down at one time instead of piece by piece. Hope this is clearer than the instructions you have.
Be sure to remove the paper before you start trying to fuse. I can't tell you how many times I've started to fuse applique pieces and forgot to remove the paper!
The big advantage to doing it this way is that with the pattern underneath the applique sheet, it's much easier to get all the pieces and parts where they need to be.
The one I bought from Hancocks had the directions on the package.
We just had Melody Johnson speak at our guild meeting.
She showed us her stash. She dyes her fabrics in half yard pieces, adds fusible to the back, removes the paper, stacks them in colorways and rolls them up. The fabric rolls were stacked in rubbermaid type tubs but no lids.
I was quite surprised that she removes the backing paper before storing and also that rolled, fused fabric didn't stick to each other or something.
Shows you what I know!
She did say that she keeps all the paper to use as a pressing sheet, or to draw her patterns on and such.
Maybe that's the secret. Remove the paper from the get go and then you won't be trying to fuse anything with the backing still attached later.
marcella
Trace your pattern on to the paper covering on the fusible. Mirror image, if it makes a difference which way your design faces. If I want my design to face the way it is drawn, I trace the pattern onto the back side of the pattern (tape it to a window or use a light table). Then lay the fusible web with paper still attached over the pattern on the back side. Trace design onto the smooth paper side leaving 1/2" or so between each piece of the design. Rough cut around the pieces - cutting 1/4" or so bigger than the design you have traced. Place the fusible web with pattern that is drawn on it on the WRONG side of the fabric. Fuse. Allow to cool, then cut out the pieces on the lines you have drawn.
Here are a bunch of links with instructions for fusible applique:
- Donna in Idaho Website:
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