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Old 11-06-2010, 05:14 PM
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This one of 4 double side placemats I am making. How do I stop the gathering and puffing when sewing?

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not pinned good enough? i would use spray basting on something that small maybe?
is the foot tension to tight? do you have a walking foot on?
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All good ideas from watterstide. Also try using a little longer stitch
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Originally Posted by vic
This one of 4 double side placemats I am making. How do I stop the gathering and puffing when sewing?
Walking foot? It has a normal foot that came on machine. pm me, please.
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have you try lenghting you stitch on the sewing machine.
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i did pm you..what machine do you have? when you have 3 layers of fabric..a walking foot, sort of "walks" on it..not pushing the fabric through..
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My suggestion would be a walking foot. The thing that helped me avoid puckers was basting spray and a walking foot.
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Originally Posted by littlehud
My suggestion would be a walking foot. The thing that helped me avoid puckers was basting spray and a walking foot.
My advice exactly
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here is a walking foot..why you need one, and how it works..

http://www.squidoo.com/walking-foot-quilting-with-jant
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My suggestion is to quilt it before doing the binding.
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