Appliques (patches) can really add a lot to your artwork.  Using your embroidery machine to do this actually makes it very simple.  The hardest part is deciding what to applique on to your garment.  One way to find unique items to applique on is to go to a “specialty fabric shop” and find fabrics that would lend themselves to being either a background or print fabrics that would lend themselves to being cut out and use the printed design to applique on your project.

Appliqueing a picture is difficult and very time consuming.  What I will describe here is using your own unique embroidery design to make a patch that you can applique on to your project.  I will use a patch that I have just created for a high school reunion that will be placed on a golf towel.  Terrycloth is very difficult to embroider on unless you do a lot of stabilizing first.  However, using your embroidery design as an applique makes it very simple.