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This week I decided to explore applique. I don't really do any applique except for the occasional postcard. But I do love it and I thought it would be fun to search the web and see how many different tutorials I could find for different applique methods. 

Needle-turn Applique
Cabbage Quilts has a 3 part tutorial in Needle-turn applique
    Part 1 - Tools
    Part 2 - Preparation
    Part 3 - Stitching
Snippets 'n Scraps shows how she prepares a 1 centimeter circle for hand applique
Here's a tutorial for fused needle-turn applique on You Can Make This
Badbirds has a printable detail tutorial for needle-turn applique
Janet shows how she appliques leaves and stems, lots of detail photos here

Hand Applique
Care's method of hand embroidered applique

Fused Applique
Sonya's method for fusible applique and a more detailed tutorial here
Sonya's satin stitch finish for fusible applique
Rhonda's fused shadow applique, with videos
Ashlee's simple fusible applique
Elizabeth's tutorial and tips for raw edge applique

Reverse Applique
Ashley's simple machine stitched reverse applique
Craftzine's reverse applique tutorial

Machine Applique
Kim's machine applique tutorial in 2 parts
    Part 1 - preparing the applique pieces
    Part 2 - stitching
Sonya calls her technique mock hand applique
Here's a Bernina video for invisible machine applique
Sharon Schamber has slide presentation for her Piec-lique technique

General Instructions
Kim's method for preparing applique pieces using no-melt mylar
Kay did a timed comparison of hand vs machine applique

 
Whew. That should keep you busy for a while! I think it's a nice reference for any advice that you need for doing applique. I am sure I could have found 20 more sites for you. That's the beauty of the web. If you have time to look you can find just about anything you need! Do you have other favorite applique tutorials or videos? Please share them in the forum.

Vicki Welsh

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