Originally Posted by Kitsie
Is this what you mean? I have this stitch on an older Brother machine and also on my Pfaff. I believe a lot of machines have it.
I believe that's a machine blanket stitch, and it's very popular for applique. Eleanor Burns uses it a lot. It's not the one that the article called "variable overlock" because the idea with the blanket stitch is that the stitching will be a decorative feature, whereas the stitches they were showing were nearly invisible. They're extremely tiny, with a few running right at the edge of the applique and then one barely nipping across to the applique just enough to catch it.
Thanks for showing your pictures. They look very nice.