Website with information on applique or other craft types? (not wikepedia)?

Answer 1

http://www.nmia.com/~mgdesign/qor/begin/applique.htm
http://www.freeapplique.com/

http://www.roserushbrooke.com/how-to-applique-1.html


http://quilting.about.com/od/appliqutechniques/Learn_How_to_Applique.htm

http://www.quilt.com/HowTo/AppliqueHowToPage.html

Answer 2

It's hard to tell exactly what you are looking for. How about if you use a search engine and type in exactly what you want, such as APPLIQUE "HOW TO", or CRAFT NEW 2007 or whatever it is you are hoping to find out. You cal also post specific questions here.

Answer 3

1. Draw the picture that I want to applique on printer paper.
2. Turn the printer paper over and trace the picture with a sharpie.
3. Take fusible interfacing, lay it rough side down onto my sharpie
tracing, take a pencil and trace the picture onto the fusible interfacing.
4. If I am drawing say, a mushroom, I am going to want the stalk
longer than in my picture so that I can overlap it with the cap. It
is just not possible to match up every little piece so overlapping is
a good thing.
5. Once I have all my pieces traced onto the fusible interfacing, I
take scissors and cut the pieces out.
6. I take the pieces I just cut out and the chosen fabrics and iron
the interfacing onto the WRONG side of the fabric and I make sure that
I am ironing the rough side down (otherwise it sticks to the iron
*smiles* and that doesn't help -- trust me I do it all the time cause
I am a moron).
7. Cut out the pieces that I just fused onto the fabric.

***Now I have a bunch of pieces with fusible interfacing on them.

8. Peel the interfacing off of each of the pieces.
9. Like a jigsaw puzzle, put all the pieces where they belong onto
the main fabric that I am using as their placeholder.
10. Use your iron to press all the areas down. It is important not
to go side to side or anything like that, just press the iron down
onto it and count to 3 slowly (1 one thousand, 2 one thousand, 3 one
thousand *smiles). After I have it all pieced and on my master
fabric, I like to take a damp press cloth and press again, turn the
master fabric over and press again. I just press the heck out of it
cause I don't want those pieces going anywhere.

****Now I have an applique all pieced out, placed, heat bonded and
ready to be satin stitched.*****

11. Set your machine to a satin stitch OR, if you have a machine like
my older one, set your machine to a zig zag stitch, set the stitch
length short and loosen the tension. It's important to loosen the
tension.

12. You are going to want some sort of stabilizer directly under the
applique on the bottom side of the master fabric so that the applique
doesn't pucker. I used to iron on butchers paper -- I liked how the
shiny side makes it stick the the fabric. Nowadays I just use my
son's old drawings or assignments (basically printer paper). I like
using scrap paper because I recycle and the applique isn't stiff all
over. I just stick the paper under it as I need it. If I feel I need
more stability, I stick another piece of paper.

13. Now, just take your time doing that stitch around all of your
pieces. Try to have your stitch going where the edge of the applique
is right in the middle of it.

14. Each time you end a section, it is important to take a needle and
thread and bring the threads back and knot them. This will make the
garment not fray.

15. Now that you have the applique all done, it is time to think
about the extra details that you want to add. Things like noses,
eyebrows, flowing hair, scales on a mermaid, etc. I use one of those
quilters pens and draw right on the applique. After I am done doing
the topstitching stuff, I squirt water on it and the blue ink goes away.

****That's essentially it ***

Here are a few tips that I have learned:
1. I like to use a size 8 needle for doing applique work. The
smaller needle seems to make it easier.
2. I change my needle after every applique.
3. Invest in a clear, open toed presser foot because they will make
your life easier. you can get one for like $8 on ebay. it'll be an
"off brand" but it will work just fine.
4. take your time on curves -- I'm still perfecting it -- just takes
practice.
5. Use the right interfacing for the project. Fusible interfacing
comes in several different weights -- heavy weight for corduroy,
lightweight for cotton, etc. If you choose too heavy of an
interfacing, the garment will pucker when it is washed.

I am sure that I have left a ton of stuff out. This is just an
extemporaneous attempt at explaining how to do it.

Basically, the best way to learn is to do it and to keep doing it.

Answer 4

I'm not sure what you are looking for, but this site gives you instructions for many different crafts.
http://www.craftsitedirectory.com/instructions/

Answer 5

http://www.google.com/search?sourceid=navclient&ie=UTF-8&rls=RNWE,RNWE:2005-19,RNWE:en&q=applique+crafts