Questions about applique on a show quilt.
#11
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No. Many of the winning applique quilts (needle turned or prepared applique) are machine quilted. Kathy McNeil has won loads of awards and ribbons on her quilts and they are machine quilted. Her applique technique is turned but I don't think it is needle turned. I believe she utilizes appliquick as her preferred method of preparing her applique pieces. Appliquick is an iron on foundation that you use to prepare your applique pieces. The edges are turned under but prior to appliqueing them to the quilt surface.
#12
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Does the competition have a different class from hand applique and machine stitched? If not, I would suggest to do turn under using freezer paper. I entered my quilts in competition and everything must be perfect especially the binding. At least that is how is was before 2002. Times may have changed. Good Luck.
#13
Ladies thank you so much for answering my question. I really want to challenge myself and move beyond just making quilts that are easy. I really love applique quilts. I am going to use the freezer paper method and stitch by hand.
#14
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Yes, needle turn applique is exclusively a hand sewn method; it's called needle turn because you use the needle to turn the edge of the fabric under before taking a stitch to hold in place. However, you can do a turned edge applique design by machine by either gluing, pressing or sewing the edge under before machine stitching the turned edge. Typically this is done with either a buttonhole or a decorative stitch, but I suppose one could do it with a blind hem stitch. I wouldn't do a straight stitch with a turned edge unless there is some design reason for having a puffy edge to the applique.
#16
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If you are going to hand applique using freezer paper, you may want to iron the freezer paper template to the front of the fabric. (Don't reverse it.) That's how I was taught and the paper is so much easier to remove when it's right on top.
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