Needle Turn Applique Quilts
#181
I mostly do applique using embroidery floss and the buttonhole stitch. I just love to have something to do while watching TV or sitting talking with someone (i know!!! my dtr & i do this). I love to embroidery too.
#182
IMO Fewer people are doing needle turned but it is not dying out. We just don't have enough time. (But then pioneer women didn't have much time either!) Applique will always be admired and someone will always want to do it. Again, jusy my opinion.
#183
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I needleturn applique. Love it so much that I quite piecing quilts. Everybody seems to be in such a hurry to get things done that many have turned to machine work, which is fine for them, but not me. I enjoy the quiet work of sewing by hand and can take it anywhere to work on. I learned by watching Simply Quilts (when it was on HGTV) and watching DVD's. Each appliquer has a little bit different way to so theirs. I have tried other methods of applique, but I always come back to the needleturn method. Seems like quilting will be lost if we don't keep teaching others. People spend big $$$$$$ and yet it seems the quilt magazine are even getting smaller with no new ideas in them anymore.
#184
I've done a little of and enjoy having something to do with my hands as my husband and I watch our favorite TV shows. I don't remember where I first saw it done with freezer paper ironed onto the RIGHT side of the applique. You just cut out your pieces a little larger than the pattern and then turn under the part outside the pattern and stitch it down with tiny stitches. It isn't quick but it is so satisfying.
#185
My MIL does beautiful needle turn applique. I am eager to learn it, as I love Hawaiian and want to give it a whirl. I think it is one of those time issues - most people don't have as much time to sew as they would like and it is a slower technique, but I do not believe it will die out - I don't think that would be allowed by the quilters of the world.
#186
I am currently working on a AOTH quilt...I love needleturn and I love embroidry. I have done both in quilts since 1990. I know there are a lot of people who embroider beautiful pictures by machine, but I cannot bring myself to buy a pattern push a button and watch as a machine produces the beauty! No offense to my sister in Vermont and all the marvelous quilters on this board with those machines...they're just not for missgigglewings!
#187
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Join Date: Nov 2011
Location: Renton WA
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I needleturn applique. Love it so much that I quite piecing quilts. Everybody seems to be in such a hurry to get things done that many have turned to machine work, which is fine for them, but not me. I enjoy the quiet work of sewing by hand and can take it anywhere to work on. I learned by watching Simply Quilts (when it was on HGTV) and watching DVD's. Each appliquer has a little bit different way to so theirs. I have tried other methods of applique, but I always come back to the needleturn method. Seems like quilting will be lost if we don't keep teaching others. People spend big $$$$$$ and yet it seems the quilt magazine are even getting smaller with no new ideas in them anymore.
#188
I feel the same...maybe if I did not have a full time job I would give it another shot. I do not like to hand sew though...mine look messy. I hate to hand bind. I know do not mind binding a quilt thanks to the sewing machine. I love fusible and also turning the fabric inside out like a pillow so there are no raw edges.
#189
I love back basting, then needle turning it! It's very addicting, but I seem to go in spurts with it. Do it for awhile, then take a break, & pretty soon, I am back at it. Very relaxing, & no machine needed!...
#190
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Join Date: Oct 2012
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repy to Is needleturn applique dying out?
No it's not. Needleturn appliqueur's are a growing group. There is a main group called The Applique society that has many chapters across the United States, possibly Canada also. I now they have members from around the world, I just don't kow if they have chapters there. Look for the site on the web and have fun. It takes awhile to "get it" when doing needleturn applique, the advice I was given was to keep trying, have fun and take a class from an expert needleturner once in awhile in case you start sliding in the wrong direction. After working on this type of applique for 7 years, I took an expert class and discovered what I didn't know I was doing oddly. My stitches were too big and I learned to do them smaller. You can also have your work critiqued at a quilt show or ask your local quilt shop if they do needle turn or if they know someone who does who could offer you some advice.
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