Butterfly Posted August 27, 2009 Report Share Posted August 27, 2009 Which method is the best? Do you do your background fill around appliques first and then SID around the applique? Or the other way around with SID first and then background fill? Thanks for your help. I have some great projects to practice on, but they are very beautiful and any tips I get to help keep me from messing them us is so much appreciated. Jessica Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Katydids Posted August 27, 2009 Report Share Posted August 27, 2009 Always stabilize 1st (SID), before background fillers. I save the fillers for the very last thing as that will shrink the quilt up if you do it before doing your borders, block work, etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bekah Posted August 27, 2009 Report Share Posted August 27, 2009 Yikes, Patty wish I had read your post first, although I have the borders pinned down pretty good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dtreusch Posted August 27, 2009 Report Share Posted August 27, 2009 In Sharon Schamber videos, she recommends doing the fill first behind applique. She explains that she does this because the fabric is already drawn up and has "drawn out" the ditch around the applique. So after you SID around the applique and then wash the quilt, the SID around the applique is drawn up under the applique and is all but invisible. She also does not prewash the background fabrics so that the SID gets drawn up under the applique even more when it is washed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quilting Heidi Posted August 27, 2009 Report Share Posted August 27, 2009 Wow I can't imagine doing it the way Sharon does. I always SID first and then do the background fill. I don't know if I'll be brave enough to do it the way Sharon does. I'd be afraid of a huge mess. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnnHenry Posted August 27, 2009 Report Share Posted August 27, 2009 One of the great mysteries of life to me is how something can be done two different, and frequently opposite ways to achieve the same thing. I have lived with this as I married my complete opposite, and I am continually amazed at how we approach everything from opposite positions and somehow they both work. How it is possible to do so many things in completely opposite ways and have it work ? ? ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
juliagraves Posted August 27, 2009 Report Share Posted August 27, 2009 I completely agree about there being many ways to get to the end. I tell people that there are many different techniques, each with pros and cons. Julia Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Busy Quilting Posted August 27, 2009 Report Share Posted August 27, 2009 It really is a matter of what works for one may not work for another. If the end result is the same, it doesn't matter how we got there. It just may take some people longer to do it. The last applique quilt I did. Mother Goose Nursery. I pinned the outer edge of the quilt first, I SID around the block, Then I did the SID around the applique and I worked the background fill as I SID. I needed to do a lot of stitching across the applique as they were large pieces so it was easier to fill the background as I worked my way to the next SID point. Lyn Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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