In this video I'm going to give you the top seven items for applique. Hi there and
welcome to my channel I create videos every single Wednesday on how to use
your sewing machine or simple sewing tips and tricks
item number one would be top quality fabric now I'm not going to start naming
names I think you're going to learn over time between the difference of a good
quality fabric and a bad quality fabric some tips I will give you is to look at
the weave if it looks kind of see-through and heavily starched you
will start to notice in the cheaper fabrics that the weave of the fabric
isn't very thick at all and trust me over time you'll know. Item number two is
freezer paper you will find a freezer paper in your local grocery store the
type of applique I use for my tutorial was raw edge applique and you can use
this to use the turned-over applique so you would use this freezer paper to help
provide a bit of stabilization for when you turn the edges over of your applique
and it actually gives you the instructions on the back of the box
freezer paper basically has like a paper part on one side and like a gluey
kind of consistency on the other side that will stick to your fabric so it
works as a guide for if you're doing more raw edge applique and you want just to
cut out the pattern and just follow it around or if you do in the turned-over
applique so they gives you a firm side in order to press over I guess some
people probably use it for say English paper piecing. My third item for
applique would be fusible webbing now this stuff is like a glue so you put it
on the wrong side of your applique and it will stick to any fabric that you
want it to stick to now you should be able to find a fusible webbing at any
fabric store and obviously online. Item number four would
be some form of spray starch you want to get that fabric prepared so it's nice
and stiff and it's not going to fray on you. Item number five, so I made this DIY
pressing mat and on one side it is just a pressing mat for my iron and on the
reverse side I have a Teflon sheet. A Teflon sheet is perfect for applique
because sometimes you want to put some webbing on a piece of fabric but not
have it stick on an item just yet and obviously nothing sticks to Teflon so
this is perfect for that. Item number six once again I'm not going
to name any names but I'm sure if you went into your sewing machine provider
they would let you know what their personal recommendation is on good
embroidery thread. Item number seven I would recommend that you get tear away
stabilizer I have a ton of this stuff because I also have an embroidery
machine as well as do some embroidery on my sewing machine like you've seen so as
you can see it does just tear away so it's easy to tear it off
once your embroidery project is complete another reason why this is so important
is because sometimes when we do embroidery projects they have the tendency
to pucker and having the correct stabilizer on your work will stop that puckering
from happening so that was my complete guide on
applique my full series done and don't forget to like my video so other people
like you can find me and hit that subscribe button if you haven't already
so you don't miss seeing me next week thank you so much for watching bye