Old 09-24-2018, 07:23 AM
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rryder
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Originally Posted by Kassaundra
I do a lot of QAYG and was wondering how it would work as something like a "tacking" spot similar to a "tied quilt". I also thought about embelishments on clothing, or bags / purses for those that make them.
I have one, not sure how well it would work for what you want, unless you only want to "tack" small parts before you begin to assemble the whole quilt. The foot turns the fabric in a complete circle as it stitches and I think you'd have a hard time getting it to turn anything larger than individual blocks. I've found it kind of hit or miss in terms of being able to properly line everything up to get more complex designs-- thought it was interesting that in the Nancy's Notions link the person doing the demonstration also did not get it to line up when she tried a stacked design, even though she'd done lots of practice. I've actually found it easier to use Nancy's circle sewing accessory to do stacked circular designs since you use a pin stuck in the middle of your fabric to set the center of your circle. Then you just move the fabric and pin along the arm that is attached to your sewing machine to get the different diameters of circle. You can use it with any stitch and because of the pin, your designs will always line up, though you may find it difficult to get the joins to look good where each circle begins and ends. The flower stitch foot may make that a little easier, but I don't remember for sure.

Rob
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