Thread: how to "stitch in place?"

I was just reading on the forum about how to end your stitching when machine quilting. I want to try machine quilting, have always been a hand quilter, the advice was to "stitch in place." How do you do that? Drop the feed dogs or what?

I just kinda hold unto the fabric in the back of the needle to prevent it from going forward. Just for a couple of stitches. It locks the end of your stitching line just like a knot. Practice on a scrap, it isn't hard! :D

My Bernina has a button that makes the machine take a few stitches without moving.

Set stitch length to 0 (zero) and take a couple of stitches.

My machine is a Pfaff it has what is called a tie off stitch, but I usually just hold the fabric too and that seems quicker than waiting for the machine to do its thing.

thanks for all the info

Thanks so much. One less thing to be confused about!