reverse applique

Help me think this through.

Monks new favorite thing is this great New Zealand series Hairy Maclary. Its about dogs and cats so I love it too. I thought I'd make him a Hairy Maclary outfit - using some inkjet compatible fabric i have. I'm thinking a tshirt, with a big "hairy maclary" on it, a pair of jeans with a small applique of each dog and its name and its "tag line" embroidered beneath (my machine does letters well on non-knit fabrics) - if you think I'm nuts, check out the dogs here - they are awesome and funny:

formatting link
'm thinking that because I'm using the inkjet fabric, and jeans that it might be really cool to do some reverse applique. i think the jeans would fray around the dogs, eliminating my need to put some sort of border on the injet fabric. I also won't need to photoshop out the rest of the pictures - the hole in the jeans can be the frame and shape that i want the applique to be.

I found these reverse applique instructions that are quite good -

formatting link
- I think i'll use them except i think I want the space between the stitching and the hole wider so that there will be room for the jean fabric to fray. I also will not satin stitch on top because that would defeat the purpose.will this also work on the knit t-shirt? i think that would also look cool

Reply to
Beth In Alaska
Loading thread data ...

Your project sounds fun - DD and I have read a couple of Hairy McClairy books - ours out from the library this weeks features 'Zachery Quack'

Sarah

Reply to
Sarah Dale

I love Zachary Quack!!

Reply to
BethInAK

This sounds like it's going to be just adorable!

Reply to
Barbara Travis

InspirePoint website is not affiliated with any of the manufacturers or service providers discussed here. All logos and trade names are the property of their respective owners.