A to Z of Machine Embroidery and Quilting

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When you’re making a quilt top, there are typically two techniques you can use. You can piece small pieces of fabric together to create a larger piece, and you can appliqué small pieces of fabric onto a larger piece of fabric to create a picture or a pattern.

My favorite technique and specialty is appliqué stitched using my embroidery machine, or machine embroidered appliqué.

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The Happy Popup Collection
Stitched on a BERNINA 880
Featuring AURIfil Cotton Mako thread and Michael Miller’s Fairy Frost fabric

For machine embroidered appliqué there are 7 basic steps:

1. Prepare your appliqué shapes


2. Prepare your background fabric


3. Prepare your hoop


4. Position the background fabric on the hoop


5. Place your appliqué shapes


6. Change colors as desired


7. Complete some finishing touches

If you’re new to machine embroidered appliqué, or even if you don’t have an embroidery machine but you’d like to see how it works, or if you need a quick refresher, I have a “Back to Basics” video tutorial just for you. Click here to watch.

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The Happy Popups Collection Stitched on a BERNINA 880 featuring AURIfil Cotton Mako 50wt thread and Michael Miller’s Fairy Frost fabric

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The Happy Tuffets Collection Stitched on a BERNINA 880 featuring AURIfil Cotton Mako 50wt thread and Michael Miller’s Fairy Frost fabric

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The Happy Wine Bottle Tote Stitched on a BERNINA 880 featuring AURIfil Cotton Mako 50wt thread and Michael Miller’s Fairy Frost fabric

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The Happy Table Runner showcasing the Happy Quilting Collection Stitched on a BERNINA 880 featuring AURIfil Cotton Mako 50wt thread and Michael Miller’s Fairy Frost fabric