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- Purchase a cord that will stretch, like cotton string or cotton cord, rather than something that has no stretch. If you place long lengths of cording around big applique or in the border, and the quilt is heavy, the quilt itself will start to relax when it is hung, and the piping will not. Cotton cord seems to stretch along with the quilt, which is necessary to prevent puckering. To pipe a large motif, purchase 1 1/8 to 1 1/4 yards of a fabric, and cut bias strips from the square to make more than 30 yards of bias.
- For more complicated quilts with many layers of applique that completely cover the background, Sandra uses a flannel sheet in place of the background and batting, and stitches the applique right to the flannel. This gives the applique more support, and the layer of flannel is easy to quilt through.
- Look at the design you are using and decide which applique patches are the farthest underneath, and then stitch them to the flannel. Don't finish any edges that will be covered by other applique.
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