Yesterday on QUILTsocial I used HeatnBond StitchnSew EZ Print Quilt Block Sheets – 20 pcs – 22 x 28cm (8½″ x 11″) to easily make a row of paper pieced heart blocks for my Amour Quilted Banner and Monday I pieced letter blocks for the bottom row of the quilt.
Today, I’m working on the fusible applique center of the quilt and will use sheets of HeatnBond EZ Print Feather Lite 10 pcs – 22 x 28cm (8½″ x 11″) in my printer to transfer the design to the fabric.
HeatnBond EZ Print Featherlite Sheets.
1 Download the applique design
Below is the PDF of the applique design – the word Amour which will be in the block in the center of the quilt. Just like yesterday, print a test sheet on plain paper to make sure that it prints the correct size before printing it on the HeatnBond EZ Print Feather Lite 10 pcs – 22 x 28cm (8½″ x 11″). Just like with the paper piecing template yesterday, the test square on the printed page should measure 1″.
You’ll notice that the word is printed backwards – this is very important as I’m ironing the fusible web to the back of my fabrics. If the design to trace or print was not reversed then my finished word would be backwards.
Amour Quilted Banner applique template
2 Print on fusible web sheets or trace
I’ll put two sheets of the HeatnBond EZ Print Feather Lite 10 pcs – 22 x 28cm (8½″ x 11″) into my printer to print the applique design. If you don’t have an inkjet printer you could trace the design from the test sheets onto the fusible web by hand, but printing the design with a printer makes this process fast and easy.
The applique design is printed on HeatnBond EZ Print Featherlite sheets.
I’ll now cut loosely around the word with scissors and then place the fusible web on the back of my background fabric. I’ll use my OLISO PROTM TG1600 Pro Plus Smart Iron – Tula PinkTM to iron it according to the HeatnBond EZ Print Feather Lite 10 pcs – 22 x 28cm (8½″ x 11″) manufacturer’s instructions.
Iron the fusible web to the back of the fabric.
Now I’ll cut the applique design along the lines and then center the word on top of the Fabric C 18½” x 9″ rectangle that I cut on Monday. I’ll fuse into place following the HeatnBond EZ Print Feather Lite 10 pcs – 22 x 28cm (8½″ x 11″) manufacturer’s instructions.
Iron the applique word to the front of the fabric.
Now I just need to stitch the raw edges of the appliqued word. I love doing handwork, so I’ll use some of the threads from the SULKY Cotton Petites 6 Spool Thread Set – Rosewood Manor and one of my CLOVER 234/24 – Gold Eye Chenille Needles #24 to do the stitching.
The supplies needed to hand stitch around the outside of the appliqued word.
The SULKY Cotton Petites threads are a 12wt perle cotton so they can be used in the machine or for hand stitching. I’ll use a blanket stitch along all the edges. Here is a video that shows how to do this stitch, and a few others, by hand.
If you prefer to do the stitching by machine, as I said before, the SULKY Cotton Petites 6 Spool Thread Set – Rosewood Manor can also be used for machine stitching. A machine blanket stitch or zigzag would work well for this project.
I think the deep rose thread looks great on the gray fabric!
The applique design with completed hand stitching.
Doing fusible applique using HeatnBond EZ Print Feather Lite 10 pcs – 22 x 28cm (8½″ x 11″) sheets was so fast and easy! Up until now I’ve always just traced the design onto my fusible web, so this definitely made things go quickly.
Tomorrow, I’ll sew this appliqued block together with the rows of blocks that were completed on Monday and Tuesday and then I’ll be ready to quilt and bind on Friday – see you tomorrow!
This is part 3 of 5 in this series
Go back to part 2: 5 easy steps to make paper pieced heart blocks | Amour Quilted Banner
Go to part 4: The fool-proof way to add borders to your quilt | Amour Quilted Banner