NEW: Appliqué

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In this department you will find several useful tools for appliqué.
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36 colours of hand appliqué thread: Frosted Donut I

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This donut contains 36 colours

This plastic ring contains 36 prewound bobbins with the first set of colours of the Mastepriece thread by Alex Anderson for Superior Threads. This high quality, extra-long staple Egyptian coton is very smooth and thin and very suiltable for hand appliqué. You need lots of colours (because it needs to fit the fabric you sew on), but not a lot of thread of each colour. Each bobbin has 85 yards of thread. 

36 colours of hand appliqué thread: Frosted Donut II

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This 'donut' contains 36 new colours.

This plastic ring contains 36 prewound bobbins with the second set of colours of the Mastepriece thread by Alex Anderson for Superior Threads. This high quality, extra-long staple Egyptian coton is very smooth and thin and very suiltable for hand appliqué. You need lots of colours (because it needs to fit the fabric you sew on), but not a lot of thread of each colour. Each bobbin has 85 yards of thread.

Hand appliqué thread - Frostings 1

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A Frostings set contains 12 prewound bobbins with Masterpiece thread by Alex Anderson for Superior Threads. This high quality, extra-long staple Egyptian coton is very smooth and thin and very suiltable for hand appliqué. This set contains white, black and bright blue, pink and red colours. These colours are also in donut 1.

Hand appliqué thread - Frostings 2

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A Frostings set contains 12 prewound bobbins with Masterpiece thread by Alex Anderson for Superior Threads. This high quality, extra-long staple Egyptian coton is very smooth and thin and very suiltable for hand appliqué. This set contains several green and brown colours. These colours are also in donut 1.

Hand appliqué thread - Frostings 3

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A Frostings set contains 12 prewound bobbins with Masterpiece thread by Alex Anderson for Superior Threads. This high quality, extra-long staple Egyptian coton is very smooth and thin and very suiltable for hand appliqué. This set contains purple, blue, yellow, ochre and orange colours. These colours are also in donut 1.

Perfect Ovals

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After introducing the perfect circles, there are now perfect ovals as well. Ovals in 10 sizes, 10 per size. Works in the same way as the perfect circles (see the film below with Perfect Circles). Using these, you prepare your appliqué forms quickly and perfectly. Cut out oval fabric with a seam allowance. Baste with a small running stitch in the seam allowance, and pull the thread tight around the template. Apply some starch or sizing to the seam allowance and put the iron on top, until the fabric is dry. Let the fabric cool, remove the template, pull the thread to make a perfect circle that you can hand or machine appliqué. If you do not have starch, a little works well too. Use the ovals to make flowers (using a perfect circle as heart), grapes, and whatever you can think of.  

Perfect Stems

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The Perfect Stems help you to easily make stems for flowers for appliqué. De five  Perfect Stems are strips of heat resistant plastic, varying from  1/16 till 3/4 inch wide.

Cut the fabric on the bias for curved stems and straight of grain for straight stems. Cut a strip of fabric 5 times as wide as the finished size. Press the strip double, wrong sides together. Insert the Perfect Stem against the fold, and sew along the edge of the stem. Trim the seam allowance, roll the seam allowance to the flat side of the perfect stem. Moisten the seam with sizing, and use a dry hot iron to press the seam dry. Remove the perfect stem and appliqué the stem in place.   

These Perfect Stems do not get too hot to handle, as opposed to metal varieties.

Perfect Circles small

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Many appliqué patterns contain circles. With this set of heat resistant circles by Karen Kay Buckley you will make perfect circles that you can appliqué by hand or by machine. The set contains 15 different sizes of circles, ranging from  7/16 inch to 2 inch. The set contains 4 circles of each size, so 60 circles in total. Cut out a circle with a seam allowance. Baste with a small running stitch in the seam allowance, and pull the thread tight around the template. Apply some starch or sizing to the seam allowance and put the iron on top, until the fabric is dry. Let the fabric cool, remove the template, pull the thread to make a perfect circle that you can hand or machine appliqué. If you do not have starch, a little works well too.  

In the YouTube film below you can see a demonstration of the perfect circles.  

Bigger Perfect Circles

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Many appliqué patterns contain circles, and the centre circle in Mariner's Compass and Dresden Plate blocks is often appliquéd as well.

With this set of large heat resistant circles by Karen Kay Buckley you will make perfect circles that you can appliqué by hand or by machine. The set contains 10 different sizes of circles, ranging from  2,25 inch to 4,5  inch. The set contains 2 circles of each size, so 20 circles in total. Cut out a circle with a seam allowance. Baste with a small running stitch in the seam allowance, and pull the thread tight around the template. Apply some starch or sizing to the seam allowance and put the iron on top, until the fabric is dry. Let the fabric cool, remove the template, pull the thread to make a perfect circle that you can hand or machine appliqué. If you do not have starch, a little works well too.  

In the YouTube film below you can see a demonstration of the perfect circles.  

Perfect Scissors - small

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This scissors give you a very precise cut, right unitl the very sharp point. They are ideal for appliqué. They have micro-serrated blades, that grip the fabric. The handles are very comfortable. The scissors are easy to use for both right-handed and left-handed cutting. They have a protective cover for the points.

Watch the film below about how perfect these scissors are.