How Do You Applique On Boutique Clothing?
You will learn how to applique on woven cotton clothing. Dress up a outfit you are making or a store bought item with this technique. Check out my other how to’s to find out how to applique on knit/ t-shirt fabrics. You will first need to apply lightweight fusible interfacing to the back of the fabrics you are using to create your applique. This is usually done on a light to medium heat setting. Next, apply the iron-on adhesive on top of the fusible interfacing that you just applied to the back of the applique fabrics. I really like the heat n bond lite adhesive. The ultra hold is too much adhesive and ends up causing problems because it gums up the needle as you sew and causes the thread to break. The next step is to cut out all the pieces of your image that you are appliqueing. Remember that some pieces will tuck up under other if you are creating a more complicated applique like my pink panther. Example: I had to cut the tongue longer to tuck under the light pink mouth piece. Now, y
