Today I'm going to show you how I fuse the stabilizer to the blocks and also affix the appliques. Because the fabrics I use from the baby clothes vary in weight from thin tshirts to knitted sweaters, I like to use a lightweight fusible interfacing. I found the the Pellon 911FF - fusible featherweight - serves my purpose very well. All I need is something that will keep the knits from stretching out.
I cut the interfacing in 6.5" squares, just like the clothing blocks using my ruler and rotary cutter. All it takes to fuse the interfacing is a steam iron set on cotton for about 10 seconds.
Now the blocks are stabilized for the next steps that involve sewing.
After the stabilizer is applied, I trim any part of the squares that extend beyond the interfacing. Then it's on to the appliques.
For my appliques I use Pellon Wonder Under Regular weight. This helps hold the piece in place until I can sew it. It's very easy to use. Larger pieces like the one above are sewn using a fairly tight zig zag stitch. For small ones I just use a straight stitch around the perimiter.
This is a sample of the different appliques I used in this particular quilt. Some are very tiny and some cover just about the entire block.
Next time I'll show you how I frame the blocks so that the seams can be ragged.
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