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Summary: Start with a straight stitch and then switch to the zig-zag stitch when stitching an applique. Learn how to stitch the top layer of an applique in this free video on making an applique.
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"OK, now we're ready to do the last one. It should be right up here on the last layer. This'll be the top layer so if you're doing something that that's really going to matter, this is when we would get to there. Otherwise this is just kind of the last puff on the tree. Once again, you want to start with your straight stitch and switch over to your zigzag. And then you do your stay stitch. You meet up and overlap on the, where you started. And it'll be like that."
eHow Article: Stitching the Applique: Top Layer
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