Step 2

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Place your cutouts onto the fabric, overlapping motifs, respect the grain line or bias and pin them down. Sew a straight stitch from top to bottom of the piece to which you attach them and go over the cutout, removing the pins first. You can use a quilters guide to sew parallel seams, or do them curved on purpose. Make sure you hold the fabric in such a way that the stitches will not make it puckered. It is best to sew the appliques first, before sewing the pattern itself, with long stitches from one end to the other of the whole pattern piece. That way, the thread ends from the stitches will be caught in the seams and hems, making the fabric look like it was made like that with the appliqués from the beginning.

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    Jan 30, 2011, 07.22 PMby cellarstella

    Another great way to create an original fabric! Thanks!

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    May 10, 2010, 02.33 AMby ddnursense

    looks a little tacky…why not just use fusable…

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      Dec 1, 2010, 02.17 PMby mirela

      I wanted them to fly, so they are stitched only through the center with a thin line, the rest of the fabric is loose

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