http://www.string-revolution.com/2010/01/no-bigger-than-your-hand/ Creative life of an Irish needlewoman :: Tips, techniques, patterns passion Fri, 30 Jul 2010 09:53:20 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=5187 hourly 1 http://www.string-revolution.com/2010/01/no-bigger-than-your-hand/comment-page-1/#comment-1075 leannich Tue, 26 Jan 2010 23:55:05 +0000 http://www.string-revolution.com/?p=744#comment-1075 @Ailbhe: It'll be clearer when I post a picture of the finished section! I'm just playing with appliqué, really. (Not obsessed, though. Nonono.) Normally, you lay a pattern piece on the main fabric and sew it down - no holes. But with reverse appliqué you cut through the main fabric to reveal a piece underneath. <a href="http://darnkat.wordpress.com/reverse-applique-tutorial/" rel="nofollow">This tutorial</a> shows how to do it with machine stitching on a knit fabric, but the principle's the same. @Ailbhe: It’ll be clearer when I post a picture of the finished section! I’m just playing with appliqué, really. (Not obsessed, though. Nonono.) Normally, you lay a pattern piece on the main fabric and sew it down – no holes. But with reverse appliqué you cut through the main fabric to reveal a piece underneath. This tutorial shows how to do it with machine stitching on a knit fabric, but the principle’s the same.

]]> http://www.string-revolution.com/2010/01/no-bigger-than-your-hand/comment-page-1/#comment-1074 Ailbhe Tue, 26 Jan 2010 23:12:48 +0000 http://www.string-revolution.com/?p=744#comment-1074 Oh, why the hole? Is it going to be lined? *total ignorance* Oh, why the hole? Is it going to be lined? *total ignorance*

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