How Do I Applique Using Steam-A-Seam II?

Appliques can be used to decorate stockings, quilts, clothing or curtains.

Steam-A-Seam enables you to create appliqued items without using a sewing machine. The Steam-A-Seam brand provides a line of fusible webbing products. All of the Steam-A-Seam products temporarily bond an applique until fusing with a clothes iron. However, only Steam-A-Seam II has a pressure-sensitive adhesive on both sides of the fusible web. This creates a stronger bond that allows you to hold a temporarily placed applique on a vertical surface without the applique falling off.

Things You'll Need

• Clothes washer machine
• Clothes dryer
• Fabric
• Scissors
• Clothes iron
• Ironing board

Instructions

1. Wash and dry the fabric to prepare it for use.

2. Place the applique fabric right side down on a smooth surface.

3. Peel one of the paper liners off of one of the sides of the Steam-A-Seam II fusible web.

4. Place the sticky side of the fusible web on the wrong side of the applique fabric.

5. Cut the joined applique fabric and fusible web to the exact dimensions desired for the applique.

6. Peel the remaining paper liner off the back of the fusible web.

7. Place the applique onto a second fabric.

8. Set the iron to a heat level that is suitable for the fabric, and use it to press the applique onto the second fabric. Press each section of the applique for approximately 15 seconds.

9. Allow the fabric to cool.

References

• The Warm Company: Steam-A-Seam Directions