Machine applique is often the answer for that. There are myriad techniques that go from hand sew look alikes to raw edge wonders. We'll explore those today.
The secret about machine applique is that you want it to stay put while you stitch it down. Reasonably enough. The simple answer to that is our last blog post. If you want to stitch by machine, you fuse it as a basting.
Couldn't you just trust the glue and not stitch it? Sure. I can also trust two dogs not to touch a baked chicken that's landed on the floor. We can do almost anything. But some things just don't work the way you would like. Glue is not always permanent, not always applied well enough and not always trustworthy by itself. You could get lucky or not. If you want it to stay stuck, stitch it down.
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| From Julie Baird at Generations |
The applique can either be turned under or not. This is a surprisingly strong method
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| Karen Woodruff |
You can just run a stitch along the edge. It gives a modern and wild kind of look that can be a lot of fun. It needs some kind of other reason to stay on. I'd fuse it first.
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| From Ellen Luckett Baker at The Long Thread |
Zigzag applique:
Fed zigzag applique ( with the feed dogs up) gives a solid blocky line. It's a nice finish that's very durable.
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| From Thread Magic Garden Ellen Anne Eddy |
Free motion applique: This is applique done with a darning foot zigzag. It gives a more fluid line that can be shaded with more stitching.
What ever you choose, you'll be done in a flash. And sometimes that's just what you need.
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