{"id":1218,"date":"2009-03-08T06:51:36","date_gmt":"2009-03-08T13:51:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/?p=1218"},"modified":"2016-11-17T10:24:27","modified_gmt":"2016-11-17T17:24:27","slug":"how-to-machine-applique-tjw","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/2009\/03\/how-to-machine-applique-tjw\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Machine Applique’ – TJW"},"content":{"rendered":"

When I started working on the Tarts Come to Tea<\/em> again I really could not remember how to machine applique’. It was the strangest feeling. I knew the general principles (trace pattern, iron it on fabric, satin stitch around the shapes), but all the details had left my mind. I felt like I had to start over.<\/p>\n

Being a good librarian I looked at some books, but could only find references to needle-turn and raw-edged applique’. I fumbled around for awhile and came up with the following process.<\/p>\n

\"Cake<\/a>
Cake block pattern<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

First, I draw the pattern out life size on a white sheet of sketch paper. (I know this doesn’t look like white paper, but see the Weekend Work post<\/a> for an explanation). I usually draw in pencil to start.<\/p>\n

\"Machine<\/a>
Machine Applique’ Pattern<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Next I draw out the patterns on individual smaller sheets of paper. If there are parts that need to be in different colors or need to be separated for some reason, then I make separate patterns for them. For example, I made a separate pattern each for the cake, plate and whipped cream, above.<\/p>\n

\"Tracing<\/a>
Tracing Machine Applique’ Pattern<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

I put the\u00a0 Steam-a-Seam 2, or other fusible of your choice, over the pattern and trace the pattern onto Steam-a-Seam 2.<\/p>\n

\"Traced<\/a>
Traced Pattern on Fabric<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

After that is done, I trim the fabric to the approximate size, then press the SAS2 (or other appropriate fusible) on to the wrong side of that piece of fabric.<\/p>\n

\"Cake<\/a><\/p>\n

Finally, I put all the pieces together, press the fusible on to the background and satin stitch around the edges.<\/p>\n

See the Fusible Applique’ tutorial<\/a> for more information. See the Machine Applique’ using Directional Motifs<\/a> for more information on making sure your designs go the right way.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

When I started working on the Tarts Come to Tea again I really could not remember how to machine applique’. It was the strangest feeling. I knew the general principles (trace pattern, iron it on fabric, satin stitch around the shapes), but all the details had left my mind. I felt like I had to … Continue reading “How to Machine Applique’ – TJW”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[389],"tags":[3,321,343,359],"class_list":["post-1218","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-389","tag-applique","tag-lessonsteaching","tag-techniques","tag-tutorial"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1218","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1218"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1218\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1218"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1218"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1218"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}