Comments on: How I Machine Quilt Hand Applique http://sandraleichner.com/wordpress/2009/08/17/how-i-machine-quilt-hand-applique/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 15:17:58 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Sandra http://sandraleichner.com/wordpress/2009/08/17/how-i-machine-quilt-hand-applique/comment-page-1/#comment-369 Sandra Fri, 21 Aug 2009 17:49:30 +0000 http://sandraleichner.com/wordpress/?p=2694#comment-369 Holly, Not as much as the others I have used, but yes, there can be a shine. However, the stitching line (quilting) usually gets buried within the indentation from the poofing of the applique and rarely shows. Did that make sense? With intricate applique, I have found no other way to "match" the thread to all of the colors within the layered applique elements. Remember you have to adjust your approach from the common large applique, such as most designs in magazines and commericial patterns with maybe one overlap, to applique elements that may be made up of several pieces that could change colors several times within a half an inch of each other. The shine that <em>could</em> appear here and there is much less obvious than several pileups of stops and starts of various colored threads within the applique. The added bonus of the MonoPoly for me is it withstands the iron and doesn't melt or turn brittle. So for now this is my best option. But I do wish there was an invisible thread that didn't shine. :-( Holly,

Not as much as the others I have used, but yes, there can be a shine. However, the stitching line (quilting) usually gets buried within the indentation from the poofing of the applique and rarely shows. Did that make sense?

With intricate applique, I have found no other way to “match” the thread to all of the colors within the layered applique elements. Remember you have to adjust your approach from the common large applique, such as most designs in magazines and commericial patterns with maybe one overlap, to applique elements that may be made up of several pieces that could change colors several times within a half an inch of each other.

The shine that could appear here and there is much less obvious than several pileups of stops and starts of various colored threads within the applique.

The added bonus of the MonoPoly for me is it withstands the iron and doesn’t melt or turn brittle. So for now this is my best option. But I do wish there was an invisible thread that didn’t shine.
:-(

]]> By: Holly http://sandraleichner.com/wordpress/2009/08/17/how-i-machine-quilt-hand-applique/comment-page-1/#comment-368 Holly Fri, 21 Aug 2009 17:18:25 +0000 http://sandraleichner.com/wordpress/?p=2694#comment-368 In the brands of invisible thread I have used for quilting, the results appear sort of shiny to me. Is Superior MonoPoly the same? In the brands of invisible thread I have used for quilting, the results appear sort of shiny to me. Is Superior MonoPoly the same?

]]> By: Boop http://sandraleichner.com/wordpress/2009/08/17/how-i-machine-quilt-hand-applique/comment-page-1/#comment-367 Boop Fri, 21 Aug 2009 02:18:05 +0000 http://sandraleichner.com/wordpress/?p=2694#comment-367 That's what order I thought you did , Sandy . It just looked different in the picture I think. The frosting looks great BTW !!! :) I can't wait to see this done !!! That’s what order I thought you did , Sandy . It just looked different in the picture I think. The frosting looks great BTW !!! :)

I can’t wait to see this done !!!

]]> By: Sandra http://sandraleichner.com/wordpress/2009/08/17/how-i-machine-quilt-hand-applique/comment-page-1/#comment-366 Sandra Wed, 19 Aug 2009 21:37:45 +0000 http://sandraleichner.com/wordpress/?p=2694#comment-366 addendum to Boop: It is also looking a bit poofed (in the before pic) because I have background filled up to it as well shoving some poof into it. But notice how wrinkly it is? The outline quilting will tighten it all up behind it. addendum to Boop:

It is also looking a bit poofed (in the before pic) because I have background filled up to it as well shoving some poof into it. But notice how wrinkly it is? The outline quilting will tighten it all up behind it.

]]> By: Sandra http://sandraleichner.com/wordpress/2009/08/17/how-i-machine-quilt-hand-applique/comment-page-1/#comment-365 Sandra Wed, 19 Aug 2009 21:35:48 +0000 http://sandraleichner.com/wordpress/?p=2694#comment-365 The embroidery is done <em>BEFORE</em> quilting and after I do the applique. In this case, each layer of the 'frosting' was appliqued and then I did the embroidery detail (the gold between each layer of the frosting). This is done to the top as I complete the applique. When I machine quilt, this is where I will go in after all of the main quilting (motifs and background fill) are done and then I would (for example this frosting) and outline each layer of the frosting with the MonoPoly invisible thread quilting. I try not to quilt over the top of the embroidery, but if I do here and there, no biggie, the thread is invisible! :-) In this picture, I have yet to go in and do that final interior applique quilting around each layer of frosting etc., with the MonoPoly. I still have another border to quilt yet before I can go in and do the applique detail quilting. Did that make sense Boop? The embroidery is done BEFORE quilting and after I do the applique. In this case, each layer of the ‘frosting’ was appliqued and then I did the embroidery detail (the gold between each layer of the frosting). This is done to the top as I complete the applique.

When I machine quilt, this is where I will go in after all of the main quilting (motifs and background fill) are done and then I would (for example this frosting) and outline each layer of the frosting with the MonoPoly invisible thread quilting. I try not to quilt over the top of the embroidery, but if I do here and there, no biggie, the thread is invisible! :-)

In this picture, I have yet to go in and do that final interior applique quilting around each layer of frosting etc., with the MonoPoly. I still have another border to quilt yet before I can go in and do the applique detail quilting.

Did that make sense Boop?

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