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

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.

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