foxxigrani, I am also a needle turn applique hand person. I love making most of my quilts and things by hand. It is much easier to manipulate the fabric by hand.
Just my way of doing things. I use templates and then draw a pencil line where the fold should be and then fold the small seam in and stitch. I find it much less fiddly than freezer paper and then you have the foldingline there and it cannot move.