Originally Posted by susiequilt
Originally Posted by SandyinZ4
"I'm....sewing with a saddle stitch an outline of a 5" star using the pinwheel colors in each square to put between my pinwheels."
Please post a close-up pic as I have no clue what a saddle stitch is and would love to see. Thanks!
I can't take pictures since I don't know how to work my new camera but my saddle stitch is a built in decorative stitch on my Janome 9000. The machine takes a forward stitch, then a backwards stitch, then another forward stitch to make a line that's triple the size of a straight stitch.
I thought it would be a nice touch and I will work on it again today.
I know it's operator error!
:-D
I was wrong about the saddle stitch. It's one big stitch forward and two little ones backwards then forwards again. It makes a fatter stitch for an outline.
Anyway: I found the operator error. At first when I started in the middle of the block I forgot to pull up the bobbin thread to the top so it kept tangling and breaking. :oops:
Then I would re thread the machine WRONG which didn't help. :oops:
I have it right now so I will continue with those blocks for my pinwheel quilt.
Today is day 30!
Keep working all!
:-D