QuiltFaerie Posted May 10, 2011 Report Share Posted May 10, 2011 Good Morning! I am attaching a picture from my favorite quilt customer. She is working on a stretch project and has a concern about the top. I have seen this woman make amazing strides from the very first top I quilted for her. She is just so fun to quilt for. Here is what she wrote: Now I remember why I hate to applique. It took me all afternoon just to applique on the inner circle and the outer circle.It was keeping down a 1/4" outer seam especially with the several layers of the compass that made it so difficult. If you look at my attachement note the waviness of the outer brown fabric. This occurred from appliquing the mariner's compass to the underneath piece of material. I now have to work on 12 additonal borders, only one which makes me nervous. My question is: is there anything at this point I need to do due to the waviness, or do I just keep going and hope for the best...or, gulp, do I quit? So, what do you guys think? I told her about the spray and starch method but will that help or make things worse? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Primitive1 Posted May 10, 2011 Report Share Posted May 10, 2011 Gail - I think I would try the steam and starch method first. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quilting Heidi Posted May 10, 2011 Report Share Posted May 10, 2011 Did she cut away the background fabric behind the circle? This happens when you pull too tight on the stitches when appliqueing. It can be helped by starting with a nicely starched piece of background fabric. She can try blocking it by laying it out with pins to block it. She should dampen it and block it and then spray with starch and let it dry. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sharond Posted May 10, 2011 Report Share Posted May 10, 2011 Sharon Schamber has a download for Basic Piec-lique circle pdf. Hopefully this link works: http://www.sharonschamber.com/free%20stuff/images/Basic%20Piec-liqu%E9%20circle.pdf or just google Sharon Schamber freezer paper technique. I know several gals that have done this method and it really turns out nice. Good Luck! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peglu Posted May 10, 2011 Report Share Posted May 10, 2011 I agree with Heidi. She needs to cut out the background fabric from behind the applique. I makes a huge difference. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hollyc Posted May 10, 2011 Report Share Posted May 10, 2011 steam, starch and with your quilting, it will be spectacular. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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