Learn Needleturn Appliqué

Sarah Fielke

Final size:

195cm x 195cm (77in x 77in)

USD $30.39

Intermediate

Quilting

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Description

Join Sarah Fielke as she shows you how to needleturn appliqué to create her fun, modern tulip quilt pattern, with lots of tips and tricks to help you expand your appliqué skills.

Sarah shares her advice on how to create appliqué with the needleturn method, and she even shares a clever tip on creating perfectly smooth appliqué circles
Use what you learn in the tutorial to create Sarah’s A Walk In Deventer quilt pattern
Full materials list for the quilt pattern is included
Pattern sheet with appliqué shapes is included with the instructions
Detailed, step-by-step instructions and diagrams take you through cutting the fabrics, creating the appliqué, finishing the blocks, joining with sashing and joining the blocks, before finishing with a simple border
Hand quilt your quilt with Perlé No 8 thread
A great intermediate-level project for quilters with a love of appliqué

Lesson plan

Chapter 1

Chapter 1: Meet Sarah Fielke (3 min) Meet international tutor, designer, fabric designer and author, Sarah Fielke as she talks about her quilt making journey, style and the topic she’ll be covering.

Chapter 2

Chapter 2: Tools of the Trade (7 min) Sarah talks you through the range of tools she uses for her version of needleturn appliqué, and what you’ll use them for and the alternatives you can use.

Chapter 3

Chapter 3: Preparing to appliqué (21 min) Learn how to create your appliqué templates, tracing your design onto fabric, cutting out your appliqué pieces and preparing your background fabric. Sarah also shares her advice on choosing fabrics for her project quilt and her tips on creating your appliqué pieces.

Chapter 4

Chapter 4: How to appliqué (13 min) Sarah will show you how to sew your needleturn appliqué, with lots of tips and advice on how to prepare your fabric pieces for sewing your appliqué and how to hand sew your appliqué.

Chapter 5

Chapter 5: Trimming fabric layers and blocks (5 min) Sarah takes you through trimming your fabric layers, and how to trim back your appliqué block before completing your quilt.

Chapter 6

Chapter 6: Show and tell with Sarah (11 min) View a gallery of Sarah’s other inspiring quilts, with some examples of needleturn appliqué quilts.

Materials

Fabric requirements and measurement for quilt top, backing and binding specified in instructions
Batting
Cotton thread to match appliqué fabrics
Neutral-coloured and white cotton thread for piecing
Quilting thread, Sarah used Perle No 8 thread
Template plastic
Fine-point permanent pen
Pencil or silver gel pen
Hera marker for marking bias stems
Appliqué glue
Rotary cutter, mat and ruler

Designer

Sarah Fielke

How did you feel when you first started sewing? I honestly don’t remember. I was six when my mum started teaching me, so I don’t really remember a time when I couldn’t sew. I used to love stitching with my mum, and I felt very important when I was little if she let me use her sewing machine or take some fabric from her stash. I was a kid who liked to be still and quiet; I loved to hide away to read and to sit and stitch.

Has your response to your craft changed much since then? I have a lot more patience than I used to. Quilting is my blessing and my curse. I love my job with all my heart, but it’s also just that - a job, and by its very nature, some days I really don’t want to go to work. There’s a big difference between picking something up to work on it for the love of it and HAVING to sew for hours on end. I know it sounds like heaven but it’s not always like that.

What is it that keeps you creating? I simply can’t imagine my life without it. Making things with my hands is my whole life – it’s my income, my pleasure, my way of expressing love and of channelling off stress or sadness. I don’t know what I’d do if I didn’t make things.

Do you teach your skills? I teach in Australia regularly and also internationally several times a year. I also teach online classes at Craftsy.com.

How long can you spend browsing in a patchwork store? How long have you got?

What’s your favourite time of day to sew? If there’s machine sewing to do, it’s always done through the day when there’s no one home. I usually go to the studio at about 10am and work from then until everyone gets home, usually about 5 or 6. I hand sew in front of the television, so that often happens at night.

Do you have any sewing gadgets/notions you never use? Lots and lots. Way too many. I’m a pretty simple stitcher - my machine, a few specialty rulers and my favourite appliqué gear, and I’m all set.

What do you wish for your creative future? I’m really excited by how enthusiastically quilters have embraced my Block of the Month programs – that’s opened up a whole new avenue of my business for me. It’s lovely to have something happen entirely the way I want it, without having to cater for the wants and needs of publishers and fabric companies. I hope the future holds more of the same - more books and fabric and thread collections; working with companies and people I respect and admire; more opportunities to teach lovely people in amazing places; and more quilts. Always more quilts.

www.sarahfielke.com

www.thelastpiece.net

sarah@sarahfielke.com