Appliqué Prep with a ScanNCut
Brother Sews Ambassador Anna Aldmon talks about using the Brother ScanNCut
to help create appliqué shapes for quilt designs (or Why Trim when I can Cut using my ScanNCut!).

to pre-cut the appliqué shapes before I stitched the Forget Me Not block of Eye of the Beholder Quilt Designs, Victorian Flower Garden. It was so much quicker than to trim each appliqué shape individually. Typically, the sequence for appliqué in-the-hoop (ith) is placement, tack down, trim and cover stitch. The trim step can take a bit of time depending on skill level and number of appliqué shapes. For best results, it needs to be trimmed very closely to the tack down stitch. Also, fabric fray may occur while trimming.


is that there is a fusible backing on the appliqué fabric which helps to reduce the fabric fray. The cut appliqué fabric is pressed within the placement stitches with a small craft iron, ready for the cover stitch.

I saved time during the stitch-out by not having to hand trim all those small appliqué shapes.

and load the desired FCM Cut File.

