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My First Appliqué

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This feels like the start of a beautiful friendship. I’ve recently figured out how to appliqué freeform shapes onto other fabrics and it is fun! Here I describe my attempts at an appliqué heart, the “hello world” of appliqué patterns and the online resources/tools I found useful.  The plan is to use this technique as part of an appliqué flag for a neighbourhood craft initiative (stay tuned for future posts!).

The two things to know when you appliqué are the use of fusible webbing Continue reading My First Appliqué