


The belly piece is one you can probably place well without a guide. Trace the lines to show where all the applique pieces are placed – the eye patches, eyes, nose and mouth are especially important. You’ll be able to see all the dotted placement lines, and the adhesive will stabilize the fabric so you can trace on it without it crinkling up. Hold the face up to a window so the light shines through it.

Remember back in Step 2 when I told you to make sure you traced the facial features? Now you’re going to do that. There’s a video here with more information about helping make sure dark eyes show up well on a dark background. If you’re making a panda in fantasy colors, use the large eye templates for your solid black eyes, and discard the small eye templates. Use the small eye templates for your solid black eyes. Note – if you’re making your panda in realistic colors, use the large eye template pieces to make light-colored eye backings do the dark eyes show up on the dark eye patches. Rough cut around each shape and fuse it to the back of your fabric. If you’re tracing, be sure to trace the facial features and placement guidelines too. The image has already been reversed, so just trace or print. I use this printable fusible adhesive so I just printed out the page. Trace or print the pattern onto the paper side of the fusible adhesive. Cut the shoulders, ears, and eye patches from the darkest color fabric.Cut the belly and the face from the lightest color fabric.(To fit a block that finishes at 10 inches square, the image should be 7.5 inches wide.) If you’e using an electric cutting machine like a Cricut.
HELP WITH APPLIQUE IN ELECTRIC QUILT 8 DOWNLOAD
If you’re using an electric cutting machine, use this link to download the SVG. If you’re using paper-backed fusible adhesive and cutting by hand, use this link to download the PDF.
