LHQ - Hand Applique Tip

LEFT-HANDED QUILTING - Hand Applique Tip

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Note - these instructions are written in LEFTISH.
If you are right-handed - just reverse the directions.
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RIGHT-HANDED quilters tend to sew from RIGHT TO LEFT when sewing by hand.

RIGHT-HANDED quilters also tend to sew AWAY from themselves –
COUNTER-CLOCKWISE –
around the TOP - when doing hand-applique.

I am LEFT-HANDED - and I sew from LEFT TO RIGHT.

So – in theory – all I have to do is REVERSE it, right?

Then the questions is - REVERSE WHAT?

We have THREE things that – in theory – could be REVERSED.

1. AWAY from myself - reverse to - TOWARD myself
2. COUNTER-CLOCKWISE – reverse to - CLOCKWISE
3. around the TOP – reverse to - around the BOTTOM

Reverse ONE?  OK.  But which ONE?

Reverse TWO?  OK.  But which TWO?

Reverse THREE? OK.  But which THREE?  (Just kidding!  ;))

BEING A LEFT-HANDED QUILTER IS NOT FOR WIMPS!!

Here’s a sample -
the blue is the appliqué -
the muslin is the background

When I tried to sew AWAY from myself -
CLOCKWISE –
around the TOP of the appliqué -
I found it difficult to see what I was doing.

But –

As soon as I began to sew TOWARD myself – 
COUNTER-CLOCKWISE  – 
around the BOTTOM of the appliqué - 
I could see what I was doing and my hand-applique improved immensely!!   

Try it - it may work for you.



Talk to you later - gotta go – gotta sew -