How to Do Needle Turn Applique

Needle turn applique is the "old-fashioned" way to applique. It's a lot of work - and the results are gorgeous.
More info and links at wendigratz.blog...

[@WendyJuhl]

Wendi, This video changed needle-turn applique for me forever. I gave it up 14 years ago because the way I learned it was so difficult to execute. I have so many things that I want to do thanks to the ease with which the stitching is done in this tutorial. Thanks. Wendy

[@Katyusha8]

Finally, a tutorial that explains the how AND why! Fantastic!

[@lilybloome1601]

the "old fahsioned" way to applique is exactly what I need for my victorian evening gown; this is amazing! Thanks

[@aldinga52]

Thanks Wendi ... that's great! When you are on a limited budget it's really good to know you can achieve things without having to outlay extra money on buying things like fusible fabric.

[@Joeyorangecupcake]

I really like your technique of ladder-stitching to appliqué, because it makes the stitches just about invisible! You have perfect stitching, I'm green with envy! ;-) But you have given me the inspiration to try needle-turn. Thank you, Joey xx

[@WendiGratz]

I'm glad it was helpful! I love getting people to try this old-school technique. :-)

[@ChoochooseU]

I kept trying to do it with other people's videos and it wasn't getting better or easier and then I watched your technique and it WORKS! Excellent video with great Camera angle And just enough explanation minis all the freezer paper, type of scissors etcetc... Gosh watched one video that said it was the secret to needle turn and it was literally 4 mins of a lady telling me to use my eyes...😜

[@cherrihankins9664]

I've seen another technique and think I prefer yours. Your video is very helpful because it is concise and doesn't have all the pre-amble of how to cut the template, etc. Thanks for a very good tutorial.

[@WendiGratz]

+Cherri Hankins I'm glad it was helpful! :-)

[@Patti-1962]

Oh my goodness, I am SO excited about this technique. I have never been happy with my machine appliques, unless the piece is very plain and easy to sew. I also LOVE to hand sew, as I find it very relaxing. Now that I am sewing for four grandchildren, 5 and under.... I can't wait to make them some appliqued clothing. I am also considering doing some name art hangings for their rooms. This would work so well for this!

[@janiemelgoza166]

wow I love how you stitch so tiny stitches. I dont have the patients but im gonna have to learn, and your video is inspiration. Im working on a glass stain window with the Lord and his people and Im using silk fabric, im machine quilting and hand quilting. But when I struggle with a certain step I put it away until I can come up with a certain way to sew it perfect, Thank you for that hand applique.

[@cstewart3671]

Well explained and visualised thank you!

[@sherryhernandez3733]

My mom taught me these stitches. but we never knew the name. Thank you so much!

[@emcbabe]

Ellen again - I wash everything I make - fabric on hot, then in a hot dryer, then iron. If I make a whole quilt it has to be washable in a washing machine, so any applique would have to be tough. I can't imagine never being able to wash a quilt that you use!

[@wendye1048]

This is so helpful! I've been interested in Hawaiian needle turn applique for ages but I've never been able to understand what's going on from still pictures and descriptions.

[@fn182822]

thank you! Have fumbled with a book but this is SO much easier to follow

[@dianepattison4536]

Thanks for the great tutorial! Best I've seen so far!

[@chrissyoldfield8566]

WoW! Very clear and easy to follow!! Thank you!

[@EmmaDorkie]

This technique looks so much easy. Thank you.

[@dufocar566]

Wow, this is how my mother showed me how to hem my pants. She was a professional sewer.

[@IneBineBusch]

Thank you, Wendi! Hugs from Brazil!

[@donnadearinger1831]

Thanks Wendi - very clear demonstration.

[@lindakacher6162]

Thanks, I think it was very helpful, I will try again (I had been trying it without a clue as to how to do it, and my work looks like it!).

[@sarahforsythe9452]

Thank you Wendy - that's made the technique seem a whole lot easier than I thought it was. Don't think I'll start with a Baltimore just yet (:-) lol!) but I'll certainly give it a go. LAK Sarah

[@kristine6649]

Super helpful! Thanks so much.

[@helend222]

Another excellent tutorial. Thank you.

[@WendiGratz]

Sometimes. And that's definitely the traditional way to do it. But I feel like leaving the extra fabric there makes things a bit stronger - and since I'm usually making stuff for kids that will be washed and dried A LOT, I err on the side of extra strength. :-)

[@WendiGratz]

I hope you like it! :-)

[@alciraramirezcardona3128]

Que buen tutorial, soy novata y no estoy contenta todavia con mi puntada escondida, me gusto su estili lo probare seguro es el mejor, no lo habia visto antes, gracias, desde Colombia un saludo

[@emcbabe]

Perfect video, which answers my question about how to turn around a point - a star, for example. I learned to hand embroider when I was 7, (I'm 66 now) and when there weren't machines that could embroider, except for the Featherweight. I don't consider myself or this type of embroidery "old school," and I like it a lot better that covering raw edges with machine embroidery; I wince at zig zag, although I have tried zig zag with metallic thread. My Featherweight actually sewed metallic thread better than my first computerized machine! So, I figured that turning a point would be how you did it, but I would have used a running stitch that would barely show, unless I wanted it to. I like the stitch and hiding it in the seam. Question: Could you use washable fabric glue? You would use Roxanne's tiny dots of glue; it would have to be able to accommodate sewing through it. So you would glue the turned down material, leaving a space to go through the fold, and it would help with fabrics that fray easily. I'm just trying quilting and I got some Roxanne's to which to experiment. I'm interested in what you and others think.

[@noreensatti4863]

i was interestd in doing applique on my shirt and i watchd much on utube but i must for me ur tutorial was most helpful .......may god guide u :)

[@WendiGratz]

Thanks!

[@tireeshore]

Finally got it! Thanks so much!

[@bonniekonjevich7574]

Smooth, easy, and controlled with a suburb result!

[@WendiGratz]

Sorry - it was just a sample shape to let you see a curve and a point. :-)

[@DeeRie42]

I like this video it is very helpful.

[@WendiGratz]

Don't worry about making your stitches tiny at first - just worry about getting them as even as you can. The tiny comes with practice. :-)

[@gauravghugare2396]

clean and precise.Wendi be careful u gonna stitch your fingers at last point

[@NedaNeda]

Thank you for sharing this very important stitch.

[@WendiGratz]

Thanks so much! I'm glad it was helpful. :-)

[@glenndagutierrez3605]

Wendi, great video and very helpful. Thank you

[@WendiGratz]

You're welcome! :-)

[@fireshakb44]

Oh no...I wanted to see the finished product. But thanx for the tutorial Wendy :-)

[@bufschoolteacher]

Ive been watching this over and over. You make iit look simple. I've been practicing. Do you have any videos on needle turn around scalloped edges

[@kathiefleming2830]

I recommend Becky Goldsmith from piece o cake. Sharper, neater with lots of excellent technique helps.

[@WendiGratz]

I'm glad it was helpful. :-)

[@CynthiaWinward]

super helpful, thank you

[@WendiGratz]

I don't have one especially about scallops - but they're not too hard. The trick is that you need to cut a slit in the seam allowance right up to the deepest part of the notch between the scallops. Watch this video shinyhappyworld[dot]com/2012/02/new-video-how-to-machine-applique-part-2[dot]html to see. It's not needle-turn, but you'll see what I mean about cutting into the notch.

[@dreamspinner831]

Very helpful, thank you!

[@WendiGratz]

Happy to help. :-)

[@martinethomas2559]

Très belle vidéo merci

[@rmckechnie09]

Thank you!!! Sp helpful!!

[@WendiGratz]

@tireeshore Happy to help! :-)

[@WendiGratz]

Thanks so much! :-)

[@WendiGratz]

@violet2048 Thanks so much!

[@queenopearls]

GREAT tutorial Wendi, thank you. Silly question, do you ever clip out the extra fabric behind the applique?

[@WendiGratz]

@fn182822 Thanks! I'm glad it was helpful!

[@AfreensCreations]

Thanx for sharing

[@vanna4animals]

Lovely, thanks.

[@WendiGratz]

@inspirecreatebelieve I'm so glad it was helpful!

[@violet2048]

Thank you so very much for demonstrating this method, I can read all about it and just not quite get it. By the way Good job on the video you have a good voice for teaching. 5*

[@chloedeman4157]

That was great, thank you - I'd not come across this before and I've now discovered that I did mine wrong! :(

[@WendiGratz]

Thanks. :-)

[@WendiGratz]

@maiabees Glad it was helpful!

[@WendiGratz]

Good luck! :-)

[@bufschoolteacher]

Nice:-)

[@vicentacastillo363]

😍👍👏👏👏

[@WendiGratz]

I will NEVER make a Baltimore. :-)

[@jamesmarks571]

Hmm

[@suelareaudean]

Y