tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5109774646057111207.post8784914044007596127..comments2023-10-19T09:00:00.872-07:00Comments on MY CURRENT OBSESSIONS: Appliqué hintsPattihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07125491177774966237noreply@blogger.comBlogger19125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5109774646057111207.post-16188003948513625632006-09-04T08:08:00.000-07:002006-09-04T08:08:00.000-07:00Patti sent these to me when I was inspired to try ...Patti sent these to me when I was inspired to try hand applique. While I don't do needleturn - preferring to prep with freezer paper and spray starch I have to say that I've found these hints to be invaluable. I printed them, keep them in my handsewing basket and find myself referring to them on a very regular basis. I've gotten more out of these hints than I have any hand applique book I own (I own a bunch). The pictures posted are great, too. Patti, thank you for sharing your knowledge!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5109774646057111207.post-58393687921655005492006-09-04T09:58:00.000-07:002006-09-04T09:58:00.000-07:00Wow! I wish I could take a lesson from you! One ...Wow! I wish I could take a lesson from you! One of my goals for this winter is to try needle turn applique - these directions/tips will certainly come in handy. Thanks!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5109774646057111207.post-67034827913618254642006-09-04T10:13:00.000-07:002006-09-04T10:13:00.000-07:00love your tips. Sounds like your needle turning is...love your tips. Sounds like your needle turning is done very similarily to mine, except I run a basting thread along the line I want to fold the applique on. I find it helps it "fold" in the right spot. Once its all appliqued I can then pull the basting thread out if it shows anywhere....Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5109774646057111207.post-47691961147735596892006-09-04T10:29:00.000-07:002006-09-04T10:29:00.000-07:00Patti your instructions are far better than most h...Patti your instructions are far better than most hand applique books that I've seen out there...thanks for sharing your knowledge with all of us.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5109774646057111207.post-13983124088546327132006-09-04T11:28:00.000-07:002006-09-04T11:28:00.000-07:00Thanks for all your tipps. Help for my applique is...Thanks for all your tipps. Help for my applique is coming.<br>Bea/GermanyAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5109774646057111207.post-87118151084861883582006-09-04T12:07:00.000-07:002006-09-04T12:07:00.000-07:00Yeah right Patti! You make it sound so easy! You...Yeah right Patti! You make it sound so easy! You practically have a whole class here for us! Thanks!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5109774646057111207.post-87550986046228198132006-09-04T13:14:00.000-07:002006-09-04T13:14:00.000-07:00Oh, Patti, thank you so much ! What a GREAT and C...Oh, Patti, thank you so much ! What a GREAT and CLEAR lesson !<br>I'm gonna have it printed right away, so that I can read it at ease.<br>Carol is right : you're better than many books !<br><br>Each time I visit your blog, I'm learning something...<br><br>Thanks again !Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5109774646057111207.post-60843808139712577622006-09-04T18:09:00.000-07:002006-09-04T18:09:00.000-07:00Your applique is beatiful and thank you for the le...Your applique is beatiful and thank you for the lesson. Amazing!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5109774646057111207.post-86821130350138974642006-09-04T21:09:00.000-07:002006-09-04T21:09:00.000-07:00thanks for sharing your tips. I have only done a l...thanks for sharing your tips. I have only done a little of needle turn applique but with your instructions i should be able to have another go without any problems.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5109774646057111207.post-51839163663266503362006-09-05T07:24:00.000-07:002006-09-05T07:24:00.000-07:00Thank you for sharing your tips on applique. Unti...Thank you for sharing your tips on applique. Until recently I was using starch with freezer paper, but have turned the corner to needle turn. So freeing to not spend hours at the iron starching everything down. I love that you don't insist on using straw needles. My big, ole paws just bend those dainty little things. I have been using betweens with success and have learned to ignore the *gasps* of the applique 'purists' out there. I once went to a workshop with Terri Thompson. She demonstrated a technique using a running stitch that was visible on the top of the applique piece. The room almost ran out of oxygen from the great intakes of air bu those who could not imagine letting their stitiches show. I just sat in the corner with my stubby little needle and smiled.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5109774646057111207.post-36540374793328682006-09-05T10:22:00.000-07:002006-09-05T10:22:00.000-07:00This is exactly how I needle turn and I'll say tha...This is exactly how I needle turn and I'll say that the MOSt important part is putting that needle back into the background right at the same spot you came out from. People don't understand that if you go forward at an angle you are leaving almost 2 stiches worth unsewn on the side. You can look at the side and see what's not getting tacked down. Straight is better! That toothpick has saved me more times that not on very tight little inner curves of my leaves and flowers. It's invaluable for just tucking that almost no existant seam allowance under! You know those places where you have to divide what looks like an 1/8th inch between two spots! I dealing with that now on leaves!<br><br>Grea tips and so great that you wrote them all down for everyone to use!<br><br>On the washing post: It would be nice not to have to wash before I use! I wash when I begin a project as the smell has never bothered me I didn't notice there was one. I'm another ironer. I love to iron things so that never bothers me either. I wash in like colors on warm and always use a dye catcher now to catch the major dye. I know what's been washed and what hasn't by the edge. The washed ones are frayed a bit more and the un-washed have that new cut edge.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5109774646057111207.post-79944780929113646632006-09-05T13:59:00.000-07:002006-09-05T13:59:00.000-07:00Thanks for your applique pointers. I use the free...Thanks for your applique pointers. I use the freezer paper and starch method, but I still got some helpful hints from your blog.<br><br>BethAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5109774646057111207.post-1058901454711661332006-09-05T16:39:00.000-07:002006-09-05T16:39:00.000-07:00Thank you so much for all those hints/tips. That ...Thank you so much for all those hints/tips. That was a lot of work to type it all out and I so much appreciate it. One of these days, I am going to learn to applique!<br><br>Judy L.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5109774646057111207.post-36331518611479669092006-09-05T20:04:00.000-07:002006-09-05T20:04:00.000-07:00Lots of good tips and I should either print this o...Lots of good tips and I should either print this off or bookmark it for future reference! Thanks, Patti for taking the time to write it all up.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5109774646057111207.post-23408459315245551052006-09-08T07:30:00.000-07:002006-09-08T07:30:00.000-07:00Thanks for writing all these good instructions Pat...Thanks for writing all these good instructions Patti. I will print them and keep them for references.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5109774646057111207.post-51578437922806564442006-09-09T02:03:00.000-07:002006-09-09T02:03:00.000-07:00Wow, this post is timely. I will come in handy f...Wow, this post is timely. I will come in handy for special project #2 Nancy and I will be working on. Thanks for adding the information for us Lefties.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5109774646057111207.post-7311500757023164702006-09-09T21:03:00.000-07:002006-09-09T21:03:00.000-07:00I love to applique, it's my favorite hand work. I ...I love to applique, it's my favorite hand work. I can't do without those little pins and I use freezer paper and cut 1/8 around whatever it is I'm cutting. I don't remove the freezer paper until I'm done appliqueing. The only way to get better is to practice and do whatever works for you.Last time I appliqued I used silk thread which slides like butter through the fabric.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5109774646057111207.post-36781773714159278882006-09-09T21:53:00.000-07:002006-09-09T21:53:00.000-07:00Thanks Patti - you are definitely on the same page...Thanks Patti - you are definitely on the same page as my patchwork teacher - she taught us the exact same techniques.<br><br>Many thanks for sharing :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5109774646057111207.post-6337558262873550112006-09-12T06:09:00.000-07:002006-09-12T06:09:00.000-07:00Thank you for the applique tips. I'm about to star...Thank you for the applique tips. I'm about to start an applique project and the instructions on my pattern weren't nearly as clear as these.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com