One down! Who Knows How Many to go!
How I did the machine applique:
You saw the earlier post on preparing the pieces: freezer paper lightly glued to the back of the fabric with a regular glue stick, the edges pressed over onto the waxy side, tamping them into place. I got out a stiletto to assist me wherever the going got tough: where there was a tuck, or a sharp corner that normally, with the edge of hand needle-turn applique, would be smoothed out. I lined up my piece with the center notch of my presser foot, and with a narrow zig-zag (1.0) and smallish stitch length (1.5 on a Husqvarna), went sort of slowly.
Remember that I’m a beginner.
Then I cut out the back of the pieces with the freezer paper (mostly the large and interestingly shaped pieces), leaving a 1/4-inch seam allowance. The glossy surface you see is the waxy side of the freezer paper. Kind of pull–a bit–the edge of the applique to “break” the seal of the bond between the fabric and freezer paper, then place your scissors (closed) or your finger under the freezer paper and snap it out.
I took the paper out, finished cutting, then pressed it all, face-down on the ironing board.
I’m still stewing about whether or not I want to do hand-applique. We’re in the middle of watching Foyle’s War, a BBC-TV production, and there’s something so relaxing about hand work and television. But I also know that while I really like this pattern, I don’t want to spend the rest of my life making it, and I’m not that fast of an appliquer.
Fret. Fret. Fret. I hope I’m not the only one in Quilt Land who stews about these kinds of decisions–should I do it this way, or that? Use this technique or that?
OccasionalPiece--Quilt! 
I’m impressed with your machine applique! and yes, I can fret and fret for hours…