Joan from Petal Play has created a new and easy appliqué technique which she calls Appli-bond©.

Appli-bond is the fusing of 2 or more layers of fabric together with a bonding material. The pieces are attached to the background fabric with various embroidery stitches and the edges remain free creating a sophisticated, realistic 3-D appearance. With this technique you are able to construct flowers, fish and birds that would be very difficult to achieve with traditional appliqué.