Helpful Tips

:: Large Piece Numbering Guide PDF

:: Small Piece Numbering Guide PDF

• Click on the names above to download the PDF.
  
  
• Print the pages you'll need for your design from the above numbering guide to help you organize the pattern pieces in assembly order.
  
  
• Cut the Large Piece guide into strips to layout on your table.
  
  
• The Small Piece numbering guide is for pieces that are 1/2" or smaller. This comes in handy for the Whisper Under The Moon owls wing highlights.

Creating a Heat Safe Applique Surface

You don't need expensive items to create a heat safe working surface anywhere! Some of my desings are much larger than the products out there so you'll need...

• 2 Yards of Insulbright Batting
• 1 Yard of Bleached Muslin
• Roll of Blue Painters Tape
• Table large enough for your project

1) Fold the Insulbright in half, you want a double layer. If you're working on a small design, you only need the Insulbright 4" larger than your placement pattern.

2) Using the blue painters tape, tape the insulbright down to your table.

3) Cut your bleached muslin a couple of inches larger than the insulbright you taped down. Iron out any creases, spread over the top of the insulbright and tape down.

You now have a heat safe surface to fuse on. You only need to hold the iron down a few seconds to fuse the pieces. Once you're done fusing all the pieces, move to your ironing board and heat set for at least 10 seconds over the whole surface. Pick up your iron from spot to spot, DO NOT SLIDE the iron, you may push small pieces out of place.