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Old 05-27-2012, 04:12 AM
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It is your quilt, so putting your designs in it only shows more of YOU in the quilt. Go for it. Every quilt is made one stitch at a time. Enjoy your creativity and listen only to your quilter's heart.
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Old 05-27-2012, 05:02 AM
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I say go for it!
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Old 05-27-2012, 05:21 AM
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Anyone ever considered couching something to your quilt, like ribbon or yarn? Might be fun to try.....would only worry about washing. Might try on a wall quilt.
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Old 05-27-2012, 06:01 AM
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I have quilted several baby quilts with my decorative stitches. The serpentine stitch is one of my favorites to use for machine quilting.
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Old 05-27-2012, 06:26 AM
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It is your quilt and what you want. Do it. Be sure to take a pic for us.
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Old 05-27-2012, 07:18 AM
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I am just finishing a table topper with some narrow borders and just read in a quilt magazine about using decorative stitches from sewing machine so I am going to break the quilt "law" and put decorative stitching in one of my narrow borders!
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Old 05-27-2012, 09:25 AM
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Hopefully, my comment will not be a repeat (I have not read all pages) but I use my serpentine stitch to cross-hatch most charity quilts. It works great, is fast and looks pretty on the back. I have also used it within borders.
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Old 05-27-2012, 09:28 AM
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You won't know how you like it until you try it!
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Old 05-27-2012, 10:08 AM
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Could I see a few photos of the use of serpentine as a quilting stitch? I am having a hard time visualizing how that would work/look on a quilt. Thanks.
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Old 05-27-2012, 10:15 AM
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I use the serpentine stitch a lot. And get compliments too!
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