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Buttonhole Appliqué
A favorite method of applying small pieces of fabric to
quilts for decoration.
Select 7 or 019- 024.
Attach satin stitch foot F.
Use fine embroidery thread (50 weight or finer)
and needle appropriate to fabric. You may need to
set the foot pressure dial to 2.
z In this type of appliqué, raw edges are folded
under. To prepare raw edge, first cut appliqué
design out of paper.
z
x
c
v
b
x Press fusible webbing to wrong side of appliqué
fabric.
c Cut the fabric slightly larger than paper pattern.
v Fold fabric under to match paper pattern size.
Remove pattern. Press only the edge to form a
perfectly shaped design.
NOTE: Clip curves where necessary.
b Press appliqué in place and sew. Straight edge of
the stitch is sewn next to folded edge of appliqué.
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