Summary: If the adhesive stays on the paper re-iron the applique. Learn how to iron on an applique in this free video on making an applique.
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"O.k. Once you've decided where you're going to have it on there. You want to make sure you have the paper off, of the back. And it should peel right off. If it's not. If the adhesive is staying on the paper, then you need to re-iron it. That means you didn't iron it long enough. Otherwise, you'll kind of, see a frosted look to it. And if you try to iron it with the paper on the back, you don't get anywhere. So if you try to iron it and it's not sticking. Darn it. Probably, because you forgot to take the paper off. And the brown one, it's already ready. So I'll go ahead and out them, right back where I had them. And just iron them in place."
eHow Article: How to Iron an Applique
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