Exhibit Your Personal Style
When most people think of appliqué, they immediately associate it with traditional quilting. However, laser-cut appliqué offers endless possibilities for home décor and fashion projects, opening up a world of creativity that goes beyond quilts. At Westfield Laser Designs, we specialize in creating precisely cut, high-quality appliqué pieces that can enhance a variety of items, from home décor to clothing. Here’s how you can use laser-cut appliqué in new and exciting ways:
1. Custom Pillows
Add a personal touch to your home by applying laser-cut appliqué to throw pillows. Whether you want to showcase seasonal designs or intricate patterns, appliqué can turn plain pillows into statement pieces. The precision of laser cutting ensures that even the most detailed designs come out perfectly, making it easy to align and attach your chosen patterns.
2. Wall Hangings
Create unique wall art with fabric by incorporating laser-cut appliqué into your designs. Choose from bold geometric shapes, floral motifs, or custom patterns that reflect your style. With the ability to design anything you can imagine, appliqué adds texture and dimension to your wall hangings, making them stand out as true pieces of art.
3. Table Runners and Placemats
For a fun and creative twist on traditional table settings, add appliqué to your table runners or placemats. Use seasonal themes or holidays to create custom table linens that will impress your guests. These details not only elevate your dining room’s aesthetic but also showcase your creativity and personal style.
4. Tote Bags
Tote bags are a perfect blank canvas for laser-cut appliqué. Whether you want to add a bold design or a favorite image, appliqué can transform a basic tote into something extraordinary. The durability of the laser-cut pieces ensures that your design will hold up even with daily use.
5. Decorative Throw Blankets
If you love creating quilts, consider branching out into other cozy textiles, like throw blankets. Add your laser-cut appliqué to soft blankets for a unique and personalized touch. This is especially fun for gifting—customized throws with the recipient’s favorite design elements make for thoughtful and cherished presents.
6. Home Banners or Flags
Create seasonal or custom home banners and flags to hang indoors or outside. Using durable fabrics and laser-cut appliqué, you can design banners for various occasions such as welcoming guests, celebrating holidays, or just adding a pop of color to your porch or entryway.
Why Choose Laser-Cut Appliqué for These Projects?
Laser-cut appliqué is a game-changer for intricate designs. The precision cutting allows for clean, accurate edges and makes handling complex designs much easier. This means your appliqué pieces will fit together seamlessly, creating professional-looking results every time. Additionally, the flexibility of appliqué means that you can personalize any of these projects to suit your tastes, color schemes, and design preferences.
Get Started with Custom Appliqué Today
Westfield Laser Designs offers a wide range of laser-cut appliqué pieces that are perfect for expanding your creativity into new areas. Whether you’re working on home décor or fashion items, our appliqué will make your projects shine with precision and ease.
If you're a wholesale customer, contact us today to explore custom design options or browse our collection for inspiration!
Westfield Laser Design is renowned for its high-quality Pre-Fused Laser Cut Applique Kits, which have become a favorite among quilters and crafters alike. Our Pre-Fused Laser Cut Applique Kits simplify the quilting process by offering precision-cut pieces that save time and enhance accuracy. This commitment to excellence ensures that every project created with our kits is both beautiful and flawless.
Our Pre-Fused Laser Cut Applique Kits are designed to inspire creativity and ease in every craft project. The popularity of our Pre-Fused Laser Cut Applique Kits can be attributed to their versatility and exceptional quality, making them the top choice for both hobbyists and professionals. Discover why our Pre-Fused Laser Cut Applique Kits are a staple in the quilting community and elevate your projects with our innovative solutions.
The word applique comes from the French appliquer, “to put on.” It is most commonly used in quilting as embellishment for quilts, but is becoming more popular in making home decor and apparel. Often cutting applique is considered an arduous, time consuming process due to the intricacy of detailed designs and the level of detail was often limited to the cutting skill of the quilter. However, laser cutting removes the time and skill required by providing perfectly cut pieces.
When we say pre-fused, we mean that your appliqué pieces have a special backing attached. This backing allows for you to tack/lightly adhere each piece to your background to ensure it stays in place while putting together the full project.After considerable testing we have found that SoftFuse Premium works best with laser cut applique. SoftFuse provides good adhesion of the applique piece to the background fabric while still providing a supple feel that is less stiff than other fusibles we’ve tested. SoftFuse is soft enough that you can either hand or machine sew the applique. SoftFuse will not gum up your sewing machine.
Fusible is not permanent and edges of the applique may begin to peel if not sewn down or otherwise adhered to a surface. The purpose of fusible is to tack the pieces in place while putting a project together.
Laser cut offers precise cutting of pieces in minimal time.
Most projects require a background (fabric, canvas, wall), scissors for snipping small connections that keep pieces together during transport, an iron (any iron will do) for tacking and a way to adhere the fabric to the background more permanently once project is complete.
You can certainly sew your project by hand or by a machine. The fusible does not affect the needles, making either option possible. You can also avoid sewing by using other craft forms for final adhesion such as decoupage or clear paint on wood or canvas backgrounds.
Quilt by Numbers (QBN) is a collection of kits that provide a freezer paper template that is reverse cut allowing you to perfectly position each piece as it is shown on the cover of the kit. Simply iron on the template to your background, place each piece in the corresponding cut out, tack the applique in place and peel the template off. It’s sew easy!
Because applique is pre-cut, we do not include a pattern. However, we do include a placement guide or template and instructions how to use the kit. You have all the instructions you need to complete the project without having to buy a separate pattern.
Some of our kits do include background fabrics and others do not. Please check the product page for each kit for specific details about the contents of the kit.
Kits include applique pieces with fusible, background and binding fabrics when relevant, a step by step instruction guide, and placement guide. We also offer a template and color guide with our Quilt By Numbers Collections.
Thread, backing or batting, which can be required for sewing into a quilt or wall hanging.
The fusible is not permanent, so you can peel the piece off carefully and adjust. Tack it back down with heat.
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