8 simple steps for free motion fusible applique by Christine Baker November 21, 2018 written by Christine Baker November 21, 2018 914 Yesterday on QUILTsocial I used the Dreamweaver XE to stitch out some festive words on my background fabrics. Now that the words are all stitched, today I’ll show you 8 simple steps to do free motion fusible applique! The Brother Dreamweaver XE Step 1 – assemble your fabrics If you’re making Christmas projects with this technique, find any Christmas-themed fabric scraps that you have on hand as put them together. You won’t need big pieces of fabric for this technique, and if you don’t have Christmas fabric, then just find some red, green and gold scraps and use them! Christmas fabric scraps Step 2 – trace your shapes We’ll use fusible HeatnBond Lite to stick the fabric shapes to the background fabric. Trace your shapes onto the paper side of the fusible web. HeatnBond Lite Here are the shapes I used for all of these projects: Click on the picture to download PDF Step 3 – iron to back of fabric Cut the shapes loosely around the lines and then iron these to the back of the chosen fabrics. For this first project, I’m just cutting a rectangle from the fabric, so I didn’t actually draw anything on the fusible web. Iron to the back of the fabric Step 4 – cut out and peel of paper After cutting out the shape, peel the paper backing off of the HeatnBond Lite. Peel of the paper backing Step 5 – fuse to background Arrange your shape(s) right side up on the background fabric and then use a hot iron to fuse them in place. Always follow the manufacturer’s directions for the type of fusible web product that you are using. Iron to the background fabric Step 6 – select your stitch First select the “sewing” key on the home page screen of the Dreamweaver XE. Select “sewing” key Now you want to select the “free motion mode” key. Select “free motion mode” key Step 7 – attach free motion foot After selecting the free motion stitching key, the display will show you that you need to attach the free motion open toe quilting foot “O”. This foot can be used to do any free motion stitching with the Dreamweaver XE. The free motion open toe quilting foot “O” Step 8 – start stitching Now you’re ready to start stitching!! Here’s a little video that I made to show you how it’s done: Free motion fusible applique with the Dreamweaver XE – YouTube In this video, Christine Baker of Fairfield Road Designs shows us how easy it is to do free motion fusible applique with the Dreamweaver XE from Brother. Take your time and relax! Maybe have a little practice piece that you can work on first – especially if you are new to free motion work. I found this technique to be super fun and rewarding!! I do a lot of free motion quilting, but really liked how you just follow the edges of the applique pieces and not worry too much about getting it “perfect”. I love how it looks like a colored in sketch when you’re finished. The large extension table on the Dreamweaver XE made it so easy to do this type of stitching! Have fun making up your little applique/embroideries. Tomorrow and Friday I’ll show you a few ways to finish them into different Christmas items. This is part 3 of 5 in this series. Go to part 2: Festive words stitch out using the Dreamweaver XE Go back to part 4: Couching adds the finishing touch to handmade gift tags Print this page or save as a PDF 0qs234brotherDreamweaver XEsewing machine reviews FacebookTwitterPinterestLinkedinRedditWhatsappTelegramEmail Christine Baker I have been designing and publishing quilt patterns for the last 16 years under the business name Fairfield Road Designs. My patterns range from fusible applique and piecing to felted wool applique and punchneedle. You can see all of patterns on my website www.fairfieldroaddesigns.com. previous post Festive words stitch out using the Dreamweaver XE next post Couching adds the finishing touch to handmade gift tags YOU MAY ALSO LIKE... The magic and math to making perfect bias... Quilting made easy with the dual feed foot... THE absolute easiest way to assemble a Double... Taking the fear out of piecing Double Wedding... The trick to curved piecing the Double Wedding... Fear not the Double Wedding Ring quilt, Brother... Accurate pinning makes all the difference with curved... Curved piecing made easy with the Dreamweaver XE First steps to piecing the Double Wedding Ring... Leave a Comment Cancel Reply Save my name, email, and website in this browser for the next time I comment. Δ This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Learn how your comment data is processed.