Comments on: Stems and skinny stems http://www.allaboutapplique.net/2008/01/04/stems-and-skinny-stems/ A Quilter's Ruminations • By Kay Mackenzie Tue, 07 Feb 2012 05:11:00 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Kay http://www.allaboutapplique.net/2008/01/04/stems-and-skinny-stems/#comment-8762 Kay Fri, 17 Jul 2009 00:34:24 +0000 http://www.allaboutapplique.net/2008/01/04/stems-and-skinny-stems/#comment-8762 Ernestine, welcome to appliqué! At the end of the stem, trim away a tiny bit of the turned-under fabric, like a triangle-shaped piece on each side at the very end, to reduce bulk. The just tuck the end under and appliqué around it. It will want to splay out but just keep pushing it back into shape and use very small stitches. Keep going! Kay Ernestine, welcome to appliqué!

At the end of the stem, trim away a tiny bit of the turned-under fabric, like a triangle-shaped piece on each side at the very end, to reduce bulk. The just tuck the end under and appliqué around it. It will want to splay out but just keep pushing it back into shape and use very small stitches.

Keep going!
Kay

]]> By: Ernestine Russell http://www.allaboutapplique.net/2008/01/04/stems-and-skinny-stems/#comment-8760 Ernestine Russell Thu, 16 Jul 2009 22:55:41 +0000 http://www.allaboutapplique.net/2008/01/04/stems-and-skinny-stems/#comment-8760 How do you finish the ends of the stem if they are not under another piece of fabric. I am a rank beginner and am teaching myself the needle under method by reading and looking at teaching videos on the computor. Thanks Ernestine How do you finish the ends of the stem if they are not under another piece of fabric.
I am a rank beginner and am teaching myself the needle under method by reading and looking at teaching videos on the computor. Thanks Ernestine

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