Last week, I discussed the appliques (cut-outs) for my upcoming Holiday Inn quilt. To recap, I was finding it too hard to cut out the fabrics…..
….so I had pretty much decided that I would applique them on.
In my practice quilting sessions, I played with different ways to stitch the appliques in place.
These were definitely a no…..
These looked okay but I still wanted them to look like they were UNDER the top fabric….
THEN…..I took the workshop about Reverse Applique and…..voila…..the solution appeared!!
I WILL DO THEM AS REVERSE APPLIQUE!!!
As soon as I got home from the workshop, I pulled two fabrics and drew in the shapes….
…and sewed around them…..
I cut out the top fabrics
….and then turned it over and cut out the backing fabric….
I played with stitching extra lines around the shapes on the front…..
I am not sure how much extra stitching/quilting that I will add after the fabrics are cut out, but I feel sure that this will be the perfect solution to my issue!!
Now I just have to get more fabric and find time to work on it!!
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