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Wednesday, April 30, 2014

Hand Applique: The Embroidered Edge

From Rocky Mountain Quilts


There's another traditional form of hand applique.

Rather than make the stitches invisible, you can pump them up and make them shine.
From Mrs. B's General Store
This became particularly popular in the thirties. There were a lot more applique quilts as cotton fabric more available and didn't need to be in tiny pieces. 
Found on ebay.com
Many quilters decorated their edges with embroidery.
Very basic embroidery stitches work really well as a way of edging an applique. Most people stitch the fabric down as classic applique and then embroider them with basic edging stitches. The running stitch, the stem stitch and the buttonhole stitch are some of the best.

Embroidery cottons from Threadarific
All kinds of cotton embroidery threads work for this. Pearl cotton, embroidery floss and crochet cotton come in different sizes and every color.



Patsy Thompson Designs

This also looks really great on wool applique.
From Aurum Eve


From Fiber Luscious

Of course there's no reason it has to look old fashioned because it's old. It's a way to dress up and excite all kinds of contemporary design.

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