STITCHING IN THE DITCH
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YES, you all are brilliant! I have a Janome 11000 for which I bought (separately) a rather expensive stitch-in-the-ditch foot and I was surprised to find that, when using this foot, my stitching was just to the right of the seamline stitches. I thought this was not right because I was under the impression the stitches should be right on top of the seam stitches. I am SOOOO glad to hear that I was wrong about that and that my stitch-in-the-ditch foot exactly does what it's supposed to do! Thank you!
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lol, sandpat, I don't think it's your less smart than your machine. I think some of them may have been kitty cats in past life bc they do what they want and expect us to follow suit. meooow! :D
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Originally Posted by weezie
YES, you all are brilliant! I have a Janome 11000 for which I bought (separately) a rather expensive stitch-in-the-ditch foot and I was surprised to find that, when using this foot, my stitching was just to the right of the seamline stitches. I thought this was not right because I was under the impression the stitches should be right on top of the seam stitches. I am SOOOO glad to hear that I was wrong about that and that my stitch-in-the-ditch foot exactly does what it's supposed to do! Thank you!
This is something I've used and it works out great. One of Alex Anderson's guests on Simply Quilts had showed the "wobbly stitch." It's the narrowest zig-zag that your machine will make. It's barely a zig-zag at all -- just kind "off" being straight. Well, it works well for the times you just can't go "straight between the piecing." It kinda catches on both sides. I did a whole quilt with that stitch using a neutral thread. Worked out well. :wink:
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Originally Posted by quiltncrazy
lol, sandpat, I don't think it's your less smart than your machine. I think some of them may have been kitty cats in past life bc they do what they want and expect us to follow suit. meooow! :D
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If you are stitching on the side with none of the seam allowance you will NOT be getting the reinforcing your looking for. If you sew on the other side your thread is going through top fabric, 2 seam allowances, batting and back. Much stronger.
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Sally Dolin
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