VIDEO: Sewing appliqués

With applications you can spice up many items of clothing or decorative fabrics for the living room. Whether on pillow, with small children on the knees of the pants, on a bag, a pouch or on sweaters, jackets, blouses - there are no limits to the imagination.

Applications - diverse ideas

• An application is the sewing of patterns or lace motifs onto a base material. The motifs can be cut out of fabric, felt or fleece, they can be made of delicate lace or fine velvet. That too Crochet of applications is possible.
• For example, you can spice up unadorned children's clothing by simply sewing on funny motifs. Flowers, animals or hearts, a lot is possible.
• Some textiles in the living area only get the right kick from an application. Whether it's towels, place mats, Pot holders, Shopping bags, gym bags or a small middle blanket for the table, your creativity is required here too.
• If you are still unsure about sewing appliqués, do not start with complicated designs right away. A heart on a bag is well suited for beginners, although other applications are not difficult either.
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• You can sew your appliqués by hand. This is not too time-consuming for smaller motifs. But it can also be done with a sewing machine.

Sewing is called appliqué

1. Since appliqués often have round and irregular shapes, you cannot avoid using stencils.
2. Make a template out of cardboard or plastic film. This must be exactly the size of the future application, i.e. without seam allowances. If you want to iron over the template (see step four), cardboard is better than plastic.
3. Use the template to transfer the shape onto the fabric and cut out your appliqué. If it is fabric that you would otherwise overcast while sewing, cut out with a seam allowance of six or a little more millimeters.
4. Place the cut out appliqué on the template and iron the seam allowance around it. With spray starch you can additionally strengthen the ironed seam allowances.
5. Now attach your applications to the base material, i.e. where the application should be. It can be done with pins or with a simple basting stitch.
6. Then sew the whole thing with a fine zigzag stitch on your machine or by hand. Pay attention to the color of the thread, because this can be seen on the application.
7. It is also possible that you iron the piece of fabric from which you want to cut the appliqué onto some iron-on fleece. Then draw the appliqué and cut directly without any seam allowance. The appliqué ironed onto the fleece is a little firmer than when you use the pure fabric. Try out what is more suitable for your purpose.

Have fun my sew and when designing various applications.