H.A. Kidd sewing notions Applique or quilting, which comes first? by Jennifer Houlden December 18, 2015 by Jennifer Houlden December 18, 2015 Those big white squares around the lone star need to be filled in – too stark and blank for me and there isn’t enough of the dark grey fabric in the quilt. I’ll use it for the binding and applique to tie it to the stripes in the star. So … FacebookTwitterPinterestLinkedinRedditWhatsappTelegramEmail