How To Appliqué (Tutorial on Appliquéing, page 3)

Step 7

Insert tool between fabric and freezer paper and ease them apart

Insert a blunt ended tool between the fabric and freezer paper.

This is where your Purple Thang comes in handy but a toothpick or a blunt stiletto will do the job.

Ease the Thang between the freezer paper and the fabric, all the way to the edges of the piece so that the paper is fully released. Be careful not to stretch the fabric.

Step 8

Remove freezer paper with hemostats

Tug the freezer paper out from beneath the piece. I use hemostats so that I can get a good grip.

Sometimes you will find that you have stitched through the paper. Very carefully hold down the edge of the appliquéd piece with your thumb while you give little tugs with the hemostat. The freezer paper will pull away.

I recommend using straight hemostats rather than the curved points as it is easier to get a hold of the paper edges.

Step 9

Needle turn the fabric under the freezer paper

When you are stitching down a piece all the way around and there isn't an opening for the freezer paper to be pulled through then there is one more step to be taken.

Leave about three quarters of an inch to an inch undone. Needle turn under this section and lightly run your finger nail along the edge. Leaving the needle threaded, take out the freezer paper as before. Tuck the fabric back under at the crease mark and then carry on stitching to the end.

Lightly press each bit as it is stitched down as the fabric gets very wrinkled while being held. This also helps to give a nice clean finish and ensures that you can line up your next piece accurately.

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