Applique pictures

Lucy Levenson http://www.lucylevenson.com/

Free motion embroidery, free motion sewing, or raw edge applique allows you to turn one your favourite pictures or sketches in a piece of fabric art. This technique provides you with full control over the picture - by dropping the feed dogs on your machine you guide your picture through your sewing machine to create the look you want. For your background fabric, choose something firmly woven such as calico, cotton or even linen.

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Sunbonnet Sue

Turn just about any photo into a pattern for beautiful fabric applique art with this easy-to-follow tutorial from Little Button Diaries!

Gardens are not all about flowers as beauty often comes after the blooms have faded. As flowers and weeds go to seed they produce beautiful seed pods, skeletal forms and silhouettes. Celebrate this change in the garden with a workshop that refers to the work of print maker Angie Lewin and other artists who have used subtle colour palettes and line to create nature compositions.

Appliqué is a fantastic technique that every quilter should have in their arsenal — and we've got the ultimate tutorial right here!

With a few simple steps and some advice from the experts, you can take the stress out of fusible appliqué and enjoy happy stitching.