“Back-basting” or “Template-free” Appliqué
Posted in Applique, Life in Burlington, The Inklingo Handbook, back-basting on Jan 20th, 2010
A Canadian Inklingo quilter says that “back-basting” is how she was taught to appliqué when she was young, and it was just called “appliqué,” so it seems to have been around for at least several decades.



