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Category: machine applique
Appliqued Towelling Hoods
One of my students wanted to make some hoods for her grand daughters.
They are really easy to make.
You can embellish them in many different ways or simply use a printed towel. Beach towels with fun prints make great hoods.
The number of hoods you can get per towel depends on the size of the towel and how efficiently you place the pattern.Fold the towel in half lengthwise.
Place the hood with the front opening in line with the finished edge of the towel.
If you don’t have a hood to work from, use the hood of a hoodie as a guide.
Add a seam allowance.
Sew the seam. Sew on a button and loop. We used a french seam.
We also did the applique before sewing the seam.
For the applique we cut out the ladybugs and flowers from one of Kathy’s scraps of fabric.
We used fusible bonding and ironed the pictures onto the hood before doing the satin stitches.
The top thread was black and white for the bobbin. I tightened the top tension slightly to create the shading.Three hoods completed.
Machine Applique
Another great way to use up your scraps of fabric creatively, is by doing some applique.
This is one of many techniques of doing machine applique.It is basic applique using only one piece of fabric.
It is best to use a simple line drawing to begin with.Materials Required:
Picture to applique
iron on interfacing or stabilizerTrace the reverse of your image onto tear away stabilizer , paper or ironed coffee filter.
Iron the stabilizer onto the back of the fabric.
Pin it on the right side of the project where you would like the image to be placed.Pin the traced image on the wrong side in the same position as the right side making sure it covers the stabilized fabric for the applique.
Using a straight stitch, stitch along all the outlines of the traced image.
On the right side, carefully cut away the excess fabric along the stitching line.
Using a satin stitch setting on your sewing machine, stitch along the the straight stitch lines.
Tear away the paper used to trace on the inside of your project.Complete the applique using satin stitch according to the settings on your sewing machine.You can experiment with other decorative stitches on your sewing machine.
This method works best with woven fabrics.It is a good idea to practice before you complete the applique for your project.