do you sid with walking foot or fmq sid?
10-30-2012, 11:39 AM
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Originally Posted by DogHouseMom
..... I have an integrated walking foot on my machine, and one of the feet that came with it is like a foot with a 1/4" guide - but the guide is in the center ... PERFECT for putting it in the ditch and just stitching along!! .........
Silly PuppyMommy!! 
Me too, use the AccuFeed with the SITD foot! .... and before I had that, walking foot. There is a SITD regular foot you can get, but if you are doing anything of any size, you definitely want your walking foot (or accufeed) on.
CoffeeBreak ... your problem re being "in" the ditch ... move your needle til you get it riding right where you want it to be. Before I start SITD, I spend quite a bit of time with samples to get it set to exactly where I want it to ride and that little plough, steers me right along!
It's not that you can't do SITD via FMQ ... after all, that's the way our LA'ers do it on their machines.
Just like regular FMQ ... to FMQ SITD .... practice practice practice!
10-30-2012, 11:59 AM
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Originally Posted by QuiltE
What you have described is the SITD foot! Silly PuppyMommy!!
Silly PuppyMommy!!
10-30-2012, 12:53 PM
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Originally Posted by DogHouseMom
I know I know (now) ... but consider that I had never heard of a "walking foot" 6 years ago let alone one that would let me talk a walk in the ditch without stumbling.
10-30-2012, 01:15 PM
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I much prefer doing SID with a walking foot; but sometimes there are places where FMQ works better, so that's what I use for that section of the quilt. I really enjoy doing SID regardless of which method I use.
10-30-2012, 02:05 PM
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Originally Posted by DogHouseMom
I know I know (now) ... but consider that I had never heard of a "walking foot" 6 years ago let alone one that would let me talk a walk in the ditch without stumbling.
10-30-2012, 02:42 PM
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I only SID with the walking foot. The key for me is to go relatively slow with the needle in the low part of the seam. I gently pull the seam apart while sewing and when I come to a part where the seam switches sides, I gently guide the needle to the other side.
10-30-2012, 04:51 PM
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Originally Posted by romanojg
I've only used either my reqular foot or the walking foot; never the FMQ foot. With the walking foot you leave the feed dogs as they are. You should be sewing on the lower side of the ditch to keep it going right. I'm waiting for Vikings new SITD foot to come in; it is interchangeable so it fits on my walking foot but the center hole is wider allowing you to use double needles to stitch both sides of the ditch at the same time. It'll make a nice look to the quilt.
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