How to Piec-liqué
New York Beauty Beginning
Sharon Schamber is a very entertaining lecturer and an excellent teacher. She has a very good method for appliquéing especially if you need to machine appliqué large, curvy pieces. I took her Piec-liqué class and made this New York Beauty block in a day. She also has a website link with a Basics of Piec-liqué tutorial.
The key lessons I learned from her class:
- Press your freezer paper to shrink it.
- Double or triple layer your freezer paper to reuse a template.
- Use starch to make perfect applique pieces.
- Clip concave curves.
Though I haven't often gone all the way to machine sewing my applique, I have used the above four tips to prepare some pieces for my hand appliqué.
Click on the yinyang to see her Piec-liqué tutorial. 
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