Where am I going wrong with appliqué? No magic what fabric I use for the base, it all has puckers round the edge that the steam iron will not shift!
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try using a sharp topstitch Needle und loosen your Tenchion one or two Notches
3246No-one else seems to have mentioned that perhaps you're hooping your base fabric too tightly...? That's when I get puckers... Looks nice till you unhoop then it puckers. I know how disappointing that is.
4309Just a suggestion - stop sewing today and have a cuppa and try again tomorrow
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by pat111otter
20 Mar 2015
I think that's the answer! I can't stop thinking about the hip replacement I've been forced into having! I saw the doctor this morning, and she could see that I was in pain, so it's X-Rays next week, and then she will get me sorted out! I'm such a coward, and have been putting this off for a long
time, but it's got to the stage where I'm having a job walking from one room to the next! She couldn't believe it when I told her that I was diagnosed with osteoarthritis 40
years ago !! No wonder I can't concentrate on my needlework!!
by asterixsew
20 Mar 2015
Good Luck Pat. I am putting off surgery too as I am not looking forwards to it either
115751What size needle are you using?
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by KCowden
21 Mar 2015
Sorry for the delay in responding. Sometimes I have better luck with size 75/14.
3385You could also double the polycotton so that you are sewing on 2 pieces of fabric for applique. Might 'strengthen' it. Just a thought
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by pat111otter
20 Mar 2015
I've thought of that, but it's not the appliqué fabric that's giving me problems. I've put the design up on projects page.
2162Try wetting your applique fabric with spray starch, then ironing it before you applique it down.
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by pat111otter
20 Mar 2015
I'm attaching Steam a Seam on the back, I watched a tutorial by Omas Place, it looked so easy, and she didn't have any puckers !!
158716When this happens to me it is usually the fabric that is causing the problem. Try experimenting by switching out fabrics one at a time and see which one, if any, makes a difference.
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33641You seem to be doing everything right. The only suggestion I have is try it with an all cotton fabric instead of polycotton. But you do need to prewash the cotton.
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35675Have you tried using something like heat and bond lite on the back of the applique fabric? It gives it body, keeps it from fraying when you cut, and you iron it down after you are finished so it does not shift around.
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11271Is the design you have chosen too heavy for the base fabric?
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by pat111otter
20 Mar 2015
The fabric I have used for the base is twill, I'm only practising right now, the appliqué fabric is poly cotton, the design is a hippo, one of Molly Mine designs, it couldn't be simpler! I've done a lot of applique before with no problems, but at the moment, everything is going wrong !!
140717are you using stabilizer? It still has to be stabilized, unless you're doing it on felt. Your stabilizer should match the material that you're using and the stitches.
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by pat111otter
20 Mar 2015
Yes, I am using stabiliser, then a light spray of temporary adhesive, put the fabric on, machine the outline, put the applique fabric on, that has a bit of Steam a Seam on the back of it, carry on with the stitching, after trimming the appliqué fabric, take it out of the hoop, remove the stabiliser, and full of puckers !!!
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