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Reverse Appliqué Embroidery Project

By Steve Wilson on April 02, 2009

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SKILL LEVEL

Beginner

TIME REQUIRED

00:30

Description

Creating reverse applique involves hooping the desired appliqué fabric under the garment and than trimming the garment for the applique to show through. Here is how you do it.

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Materials

Red Applique material

Denim garment

Preface:

Creating reverse applique involves hooping the desired applique fabric under the garment and then trimming the garment for the applique to show through. Here is how you do it.

Step 1:

In this example you can see the red applique material being placed under the denim which is our garment material. Hoop the garment this way and place on machine. You don't need stabilizer since the design only consists of running stitches.

Step 2:

Sew the design. Each design should only take a few minutes to sew. When done embroidering remove garment from Hoop.

Step 3:

Turn Garment inside out and trim away applique using applique scissors. This is the inside of the design and you won't see it when the project is finished.

Step 4:

Turn the garment over and carefully trim along the inside edge of the running stitch. This will reveal the applique underneath for a reverse applique effect. How much of an edge you leave will depend on the fringe effect you want. Leaving a wide edge will create a long fringe, while trimming very close to the running stitch will result in a short fringe.

Step 5:

This is what the design will look like before you launder it. After you launder the design the edges will fringe.

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Meet the Author: Steve Wilson

Steve Wilson is co-owner of Anita Goodesign, a company serving the home embroidery enthusiast. He is also owner of Artbox Digitizing Studio and the co-owner of Art-Sew-Perfect stock design company. Steve has won over 20 digitizing awards, written over 70 articles on digitizing and embroidery techniques and has produced 18 digitizing "How-To" videos. He has also digitized thousands of designs for the home textile and decorating industries and is bringing that experience and expertise to the Anita Goodesign Home Decor Collections

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