Needleturn applique

Now that you have your pieces all prepped from the Prep Tutorial, you are ready to stitch those beauties down! First, some things to know :) Remember, this is called needleturn for a reason - you use your needle to turn the fabric under, and we will be focusing on that a lot here. Secondly, the color of thread you use should match the piece of fabric you are appliquing as closely as possible. If you have nothing that even resembles it, then try to match to the background. But always try to…

Over the last couple of weeks, I've been learning how to do needle turn applique; the second and third borders in the Midnight at the Oasis ...

A month ago, I was in the "Never! You couldn't pay me!" camp regarding turned-edge appliqué. Too slow, too fiddly and too unsuccessful. Life is too short! But things have changed..... and I actually enjoy turned-edge appliqué now. Would you like to try my method?

Without wishing to sound like a stuck record, I absolutely love hand sewing. I hand sewed my first quilt in my late teens/early twe...

Follow these easy instructions to learn how to do needle turn applique, a traditional form of hand applique.

Many of you asked about the method I'm using to prepare my Orange Peel appliqué pieces, so here you go... I have 6 blocks done and I'm hap...

Over the last couple of weeks, I've been learning how to do needle turn applique; the second and third borders in the Midnight at the Oasis quilt involve a lot of applique, something I haven't done a lot of. I will be talking more about the different applique options in my QAL post this Friday, but this is a fairly long tutorial so I thought I'd dedicate a whole post to it :o) Needle turn applique (where you turn the raw edge of the applique piece under with your needle as you sew it to the…

Even though there are endless possibilities with reverse applique, somehow it seems that it is the forgotten method... perhaps for some it's just not a familiar technique, or maybe for others it's just a little nerve racking to cut that hole in the middle of the fabric. Whatever the reason might be, let me show you how fabulous a technique it really is... and that it gets even better when you use spray starch! This is the current status of my Folk Flower quilt. The block can be found on…