Tip for appliqué

As I was doing a bit of appliqué yesterday, I thought I should repost a tip that I have used after reading it somewhere here in cyberspace.  You know I do alot of hand sewing and I am not crazy about using pins. I have to pin sometimes but, no matter what you do - your thread gets caught.  Although I know this will happen, anytime I can prevent it I'm all in!  In the photo, you can see the fix when doing some wool appliqué.   I wouldn't use the staples with your cotton fabrics in case it catches and pulls,  but stapling the wool works great.

Hope this little tip helps with some of your appliqué projects. 

Happy Stitching!

 Kathleen