Needle turn applique

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…

One of the projects we have coming up in 2022 features needle turn appliqué. It’s such a lovely technique, but it does require a bit of know-how and practice, so we’ve created a 2-part series to help you get started. In this post, we’ll be looking at what we mean by needle turn appliqué and […]

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

This is a simple and clean applique technique that uses lightweight interfacing. It’s used in…

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

Without wishing to sound like a stuck record, I absolutely love hand sewing. I hand sewed my first quilt in my late teens/early twenties by the English Paper Piecing method.... as you can tell, the going out night clubbing phase seemed to pass me by! 20 'ahem' years later, I still love EPP, but I also 'now love' appliqué..... I say 'now love', as I am sure like many of you, I believed up until a few years ago, that applique in particular needle turn applique, was something only the most…

So, this is the "old-fashioned" way to applique. It's definitely a lot more work than appliqueing with fusible adhesive, but you don't get that annoying stiffness, and you don't have any visible stitching. This is the technique used for all those traditional Baltimore Album quilts. It's also the technique I used for my very first

a new all well video tutorial for needle-turn applique, one of Amy’s favorite techniques! watch this how-to guide to learn this technique yourself!

it's all in the stitch

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