Nice tutorial. BUT .. ! I hate to see wasted fabric, so here’s a tip. When cutting out the centre shape, you don’t have to start by cutting in the middle. Just fold the piece across a small section of the intended cutting edge and make a snip on the cutting line. Once you’ve made that snip you can insert the bottom blade of your scissors into the hole and continue cutting as usual. The shape you have removed can now be used for a smaller version (circle, heart or whatever) or for something else!
Love this circle!! Just perfect! I have a tote pattern that uses bunches of circles and now I’m excited to be able to make pretty circles!! Thank you!!
You can use used dryer sheets as well for this. I save mine and iron them out and save in a baggie. Of course it is for smaller designs but it saves money and better than just throwing them away.
Hi Patty, Whisperlite is actually more lightweight than dryer sheets and don’t have any residual chemicals but I agree with trying to reuse things instead of tossing out.
Always Great To Hear About New Products. I Have Always Used Light Interfacing As The ” WisperLite”. Never Knew Something Non-Melting Existed. Thanks For Sharing!!
Wonderful tutorial!!! I learned some new skills and thoroughly appreciated the extra tips and encouragement a long the way. You're a fantastic teacher! So clear and calm. Very happy I found your channel!.🙂
This is TOTALLY what I have been searching for!! I want to do a frame for a picture on a bag, but couldn't quite figure out myself how to do it. Thank you thank you!!!!
I can't thank you enough for your tutorials! Just know that you have improved the sewing lives of both beginner and hand applique veterans. A whole new world! In a few years I'll be teaching my granddaughters to sew. Your inspiration will be in our lesson lineup! Really, thank you!
Hi Kathy I’m so happy you found my tutorials and that you found them helpful and or inspiring. Your granddaughters are lucky to have someone who will share their quilting knowledge first hand with them. Thanks so much for sharing your thoughts. 🤗
So happy I found you ,love your easy manner of teaching , you make it look easy to do ,if you can remember all you said, I took notes almost 74yrs, I know how easy it is to forget ! Keep up your teaching on here us gals love you and want to learn more.
Angela Walter’s has a few reverse appliqué raw edge videos she has done on the technique with as many as three under layers. She leaves the edges raw but it’s anchored with free motion quilting along the edge and can be done with several rows of stitching at the edge as desired. I’ve found it can be trimmed very close to stitching if the features are fairly large in scale. She does feathers and leaves with under layer fabric visible inside the cutouts, so one can see some interesting embellishments to her FMQ techniques. Often she uses plain colored fabrics to showcase her quilting, so the pop of a pattern fabric underneath is quite unique!
Absolutely loved this! At first I didn't understand where you were going with this but I kept watching and was so surprised to see the end product. What a fun frame. Thank you for your excellent video. You are a very good teacher.
@@thistledownquilts You’re welcome, I’m very helpful, yes, I love fabrics. If you want to see my work, tell me if I can here the link to my channel, so you can see my work ok? I'm not a professional, but I love creative sewing crafts, I do many things with fabrics, I have many fabrics, and now I know what to do with my scraps 😊👍Thanks Laine 🌹🙋🏻♀️
Great stuff. Thank you! I've always struggled making applique circles, but I do all my applique by hand. May I add that if you lightly spray with water before you try to turn, the process will be much easier. (Also, you mention problems with irons spitting, you must only use distilled water in them and you will not have a problem.)
Thank you Carol, yes damp cotton tends to behave better. Sadly even with distilled water I’ve still had irons spit 🤔 so I just always keep a spray bottle on hand.
Interesting turned edge appliqué for cutouts when there is an under layer of fabric. I’ve done some under layers with raw edges which is much simpler. With FMQ it’s doable to stitch the raw edge down, though the opening done the way you show here would be cleaner. Like the heart frames, very cute & would give it more depth. Could add batting under it before it’s stitched down. Always cool to see different techniques. Note not every “shape” is amenable to this technique-I once tried a 2” cat shape that was very challenging doing this method of turning an appliqué edge then stitching it on top. It didn’t turn so well but I might try your spray of mist then reheating at the edge to see if that would help it! Larger shapes do work better. I have an old heavy iron that stopped steaming anyway and find the spray bottle works very well, and occasionally use some fabric wrinkle removing spray too. That also helps keep pounce chalk in place longer while doing the FMQ.
Hi Deborah and thank you so much for your comments. It is always good to learn new things and yes you are correct that small shapes are not always adaptable to this technique. Keep stitching and playing with fabric 😀
Thank you Linda. I'm looking forward to more of your lessons. I just have to say you teaching is perfect. I so enjoyed your help with my new found love of applique. I became interested in Applique when I saw Sunbonnet Sue, & Overall Sam. So fun to play with Applique. Thank you so much, from Maine Jenny 🎃.
Hi Jenny and thank you so much for your kind words. 🤗 I am so happy to hear that my video lessons are helpful. Knowledge is meant to be shared. I too am pleased about made in the USA, my Whisperlite is also made in the USA. 😀
best tutorial ever, thank you so much, I love your calm & plain English way of talking, I learnt so much from your applique lessons, can't wait to try what I have just learnt from you.👌❤✔ heading to your site to find more tutorials. Are you on FB. thanks again
Fold reverse appliqué circle in half and cut out 1/4” seam allowance inner “half moon” (half inner circle piece) out with pinking shears and you will NOT have to go back in a make “inner” clips. Works on outer circle seam allowance if cut at 1/8” outer seam allowance before turning “right side out”. I do this for half circle prairie points! I sew two pieces of fabric, same or contrasting colors, right sides together, on the drawn circle line. Trim outer seam allowance to 1/8” with pinking shears. Cut in half across the middle, turn right side out and press! 2 circle prairie points per circle sewn! Fun to have one fabric facing front and a contrast fabric facing back or outward! Fun to use decorative stitching also to “jazz them up” once cut and turned. The circle template you used also comes in squares, hexie and triangle shapes for more fun.
This is video is extremly helpful. I just purchased Whisperlite from your website. Do you have any videos on applique and reverse applique techniques for more intricate shapes like letters?
I love how you demonstrate making circles. Would this product and technique also work for appliquéing squares and rectangles? Thank you for the wonderful tutorial 😊
Thank you and you just want to have enough Whisperlite to get a hold of and turn to the back. On large appliqués I usually cut it away after turning and pressing.
Hi Carolyn, if you are making a reverse appliqué in an appliqué piece then you would finish the appliqué as shown in my other video or watch to the end to see the frame created. If it’s a reverse appliqué in a quilt block then the raw edges of the block would be completed in the seams. Hope this answers your question 🤗 thank you
Hi Dawna, I’m sorry you’re having trouble. I’ve checked the links and my site and Etsy and all seems to be in order. If you to my website via this link www.thistledownquilts.com you can find my contact info and I can help you with your order.
One way would be to make a larger piece with the beak shape at one end stitch it with this technique. Then turn it and then trim away all but the small portion at the the beak end.
@@thistledownquiltsI looked up Mola and that looks like it’s got hand stitched edges under at the edge cut with under layer fabric showing through along long sections, a hand appliqué technique. It’s similar to the under layer that Angela Walters showed as reverse application with her FMQ of feathers and leaves, with under layer fabrics popping through the feathers and leaves, but uses FMQ to stitch down the edge. Thanks for the term! It’s adorable. I actually have some Mola patches I bought years ago at an art festival! How cool! Addition thought on the frame technique could be a modern Mola version machine stitched down with FMQ, like with a set of concentric circles or hearts!
7 месяцев назад
This isn't reverse applique, it's turned applique.
Hi, thank you for watching but actually this tutorial is for both. Maybe you didn’t watch far enough in to the video. It starts out with turned edge circles but then progresses to reverse appliqué. Thanks for your feedback. Stitch happy, stitch often 😀
circles....I use pennies, dimes, and quarters. Need bigger circles? look around...bottom of soda cans, bottle caps, saucers...your home is a endless supply...all free
