Help with hand sewing an apple core quilt
 

I have been bitten by the hand sewing bug! I am almost done with my GFG hexagon quilt. I had no idea how to properly hand sew the hexagons together. I just whipped stitched them together. Some of my stitches show, but I am okay with that.

Anyway, after seeing the post on the apple core quilt, I want to make one by hand. How do you sew the pieces together? Is there a tutorial some where that I can follow? If it has a video or pictures, that would be even better as I am a visual learner.

I want to be able to leave each of my daughters a hand made quilt. Thankfully, I just have 2. LOL!!!

Congratulations! on your almost done GFG and now heading towards an Apple Core.

You do basically the same ... just that you are working with curves.
My suggestion would be to practice on something small, such as a candlemat or table topper to get the knack of it.

Then you'll have the feel for it, before your quilt. After all, it really is just one large tabletopper! :D

I have made the apple core with the larger template by machine. I wouldn't whip stitch it together as I only use that method if doing English Paper Piecing. I would draw carefully around your template & then stitch the cores together with a small running stitch. Pin it carefully at each end...then in the middle & then in between . Always checking to make sure that your underneath stitches are staying on the line as well. Make each row separately & then go back & stitch the rows together. Or if you prefer do them in blocks of 4 to make a square & join the squares together.

I wish you a lot of good luck. I have made apple core quilts and have sewed them by machine and not by hand. I would probably use a lot of pins and probably make tiny cuts so that the sewing is smooth.

I did two toppers for the bedside tables using the small apple core template. I marked the center on the outer curve and the inner curve and pinned it together at that point. Then I pinned the ends and used a basic running stitch to sew the pieces together. No clipping was necessary. The curves laid down real neat.

For the larger template, I would pin more matching points and sew between the pins.

How big should the running stitches be? When you press the seams, are they pressed to one side like you do in machine sewing? I ordered some straw needles and a template from JoAnn's. I can't wait to get started!! I do have the big apple core template from MSQC. Would be a good one to try on scraps?

maybe this will help
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pRVUZxzlt7o

I am working on hand-sewing mine. I found out ironing the seams on each end towards the center really help flatten out everything. I still have trouble sewing the curve, but it's getting better and the hints here are awesome!