Wishes Wool Applique Project - SHOW YOUR PROGRESS!

[Connie H.]

This is not sewn at all. I did place some scant dots of Roxanne's to hold it until I can baste/applique. Hopefully I don't later regret that.

[Connie H.]

Also a note.....i'm kind of afraid of the frog. This is my first ever embroidery piece, so I don't think my skills are ready for a frog. Maybe i'll put another leaf or something there.

[Helen W.]

Alex said you can put the frog on at the end, so I bet your confidence will grow quickly as you start
doing the stitching. If you don't have the tiny applique pins to hold your stuff in place you might
want to get some. The tiny dots of glue, won't hurt, I have seen a lot of quilters use that on their
wool applique. I don't know of any way to leave all the pieces on the background while basting them
down with the whip stitch. You can take a picture so after you disassemble, you can see the place
by looking at the picture and judging the placement according to your background sewing lines.
I have done a ton of applique, just not wool. I usually make an overlay out of vellum, lay my background fabric on a wool pressing mat, then pin the left side of the vellum into the mat and
background, so I can lift the vellum up place a piece in the right spot, pin or in the past I have
used glue dots and then stitch than piece down. I will post a picture in post, because you can't
add pictures to comments on this forum. HelenW

[Helen W.]

Connie H. This is how I use the vellum for placement. The block I was working on was flannel. I had heat and bond
light on the back of the pieces to hold them in place. HelenW

If you want to see a lot of demos on how to do stitches on wool. The lady on West Coast Wool you tube channel is doing a series on wool leaves and I often watch how to do a stitch there. If nothing else you will get lots of tips on stuff. When you are new to something you need to be a sponge and just soak
up all the info you can get. It will quickly turn from scary to fun, fun, fun.

[Connie H.]

Thanks Helen. Lots of good info.

[Helen W.]

About ready to disassemble, took this picture so I can hopefully whip stitch it down so it still looks like this.
HelenW

It is all stitched down!

[Helen W.]

Beautiful background stitching. HelenW

[Sandy F.]

I ordered the kit because I want to finally work with wool. I have basted the “bones” down and may be a little off center but I think it will be ok.

[Helen W.]

Sandra F. I like how you just basted with large stitches. Wish I had basted as I laid things down.
Wasn't sure if I would like what I was auditioning, but big stitches like that would be easy to take
out if I wanted to move something. HelenW

[Helen W.]

Experimenting with threads for the wool whip stitch. One on right uses the Sue Spargo yellow wool ellana thread on the yellow wool.
The other uses Wonderful Invisifil thread. Both are whip stitch of about 1/8 inch into the wool, and 1/8 inch apart. HelenW

If you click on photo it enlarges.

[Sandy F.]

I don’t have thread that matches all the different wools so I am using invisible thread for most of the appliqué pieces. I hate sewing with it but it doesn’t show.

I'm allergic to wool, so am using cotton and some silk. I've never done the freezer paper and starch method to turn applique edges before. I love how it works! I'm ready to invest in the Apliquick tools. That hot starch really holds the heat so I used a small knitting needle as a tool to turn the edges without burning my fingers.

My cotton background is machine pieced with Pellon Shir-Tailor as stabilizer (learned in Jane Sassaman art quilt class). My applique pieces are not stitched down yet. I'll be adding more to the flowers, the frog, and maybe a snail or other creature - thanks for the inspiration Helen W!!

My sister-in-law just gave me a bag of old lace and these doilies called out to me. To make two of them yellow, I used Jacquard Dye-Na-Flow in Golden Yellow and a touch of Lumiere Super Sparkle and Metallic Gold. There is metallic gold in 3 of the background fabrics, so I thought the doilies could use a bit of sparkle too.

The starch left stains on the silk pieces so I machine stitched the folded edges down and was then able to wash some of it out. It's sitting behind the lace doilies and the texture seems to work OK there. So I wouldn't use the starch method on any silk foreground pieces I think.

I'm allergic to wool, so am using cotton and some silk. I've never done the freezer paper and starch method to turn applique edges before. I love how it works! I'm ready to invest in the Apliquick tools. That hot starch really holds the heat so I used a small knitting needle as a tool to turn the edges without burning my fingers.

My cotton background is machine pieced with Pellon Shir-Tailor as stabilizer (learned in Jane Sassaman art quilt class). My applique pieces are not stitched down yet. I'll be adding more to the flowers, the frog, and maybe a snail or other creature - thanks for the inspiration Helen W!!

My sister-in-law just gave me a bag of old lace and these doilies called out to me. To make two of them yellow, I used Jacquard Dye-Na-Flow in Golden Yellow and a touch of Lumiere Super Sparkle and Metallic Gold. There is metallic gold in 3 of the background fabrics, so I thought the doilies could use a bit of sparkle too.

The starch left stains on the silk pieces so I machine stitched the folded edges down and was then able to wash some of it out. It's sitting behind the lace doilies and the texture seems to work OK there. So I wouldn't use the starch method on any silk foreground pieces I think.

I'm allergic to wool, so I'm using cotton and some silk. I have more pieces to add yet, and the applique pieces are not stitched down yet. I'm considering adding a snail or other creature. I like your bird Helen W. Thanks for the inspiration!

This was my first time using the freezer paper and starch method to turn the applique edges. I really like it!! Though it did stain the silk pieces; so I won't use it for silk going forward. The silk circles are behind the yellow lace doilies so they look fine there I think. The staining adds a bit of texture.