You’ll find a new video tutorial for finishing machine appliques on the Sew Jewish YouTube channel. It’s a sewing topic I’ve covered in earlier project videos, but I figured that if I made a video dedicated to the topic, I could refer to it in future project videos — and making shorter project videos is one of my goals.

So if you’re looking for a tutorial on machine applique, you can watch it above or on YouTube.

The video shows how to achieve a nice smooth line of finishing stitches around your appliques, for the basic corners and curves you’ll encounter. And it covers beginning and ending.

Here are the links referred to in the video:

* Making appliques from cotton and linen fabrics: How to Make Iron-On Appliques with Fusible Adhesive Web.
* Sew Jewish book on Amazon.com http://amzn.to/21UIuKy
* PDF Instant Download of the Sew Jewish book on Etsy http://etsy.me/1PFOaIj

Maria Bywater is the author of Sew Jewish: The 18 Projects You Need for Jewish Holidays, Weddings, Bar/Bat Mitzvah Celebrations, and Home. The book is available in paperback at Amazon.com and Etsy and available for instant download in PDF format on Etsy. She teaches hands-on Judaica sewing workshops.