Applique question

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Applique question. I am trying to do a applique design for a hat. You know the frayed material with a design embroidered on it. I have the design set up in DS with my outline stitch, then tack down stitch enabled with a walk stitch and a walk stitch offset of -36 points to tack the material down close to the embroidery design area. I see the tack down stitch in design shop but when it sews it does not sew the tack down stitch only the outline stitch again.

Where have I missed the boat?

I do have the applique option on in OS when I sew.

Cindy in Phoenix

[Barbara Bunker]

Re applique question: do you have a separate color change for the tack-down? After the first outline stitch color, there should be an Applique command in your OS, so the hoop will come out for ease of placing the fabric.

I use a zigzag stitch for tacking down applique material. Sometimes it makes a difference where you have the start and stop points. Try overlapping them.

Barb