Hand Quilting - Thick Seams
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Hand Quilting - Thick Seams
Hello Forum Members. This is my first post & I am hopeful that someone can give me some advice as I proceed with my first attempt at hand quilting. My quilt top has one area in each square where several seams meet & I have to stitch my quilt pattern right in the centre of this. I can manage my stitches just fine until I come to this one spot. No matter what I try (I am using the rocking motion for quilting) there is a problem. I have even broken 2 needles. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
With thanks, LindaA (Ontario, Canada)
With thanks, LindaA (Ontario, Canada)
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I change to stab stitch over difficult spots too. I put in pins around the problem area to prevent the fabric from moving. I push my needle straight down through the fabric and using the hand underneath the frame to catch and push the needle directly back up to the top for one stitch. I repeat this method until I am through the problem area and then remove the pins and return to the rocking stitch.
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I do the stab stitch(poking the needle straight down, thru all layers and then coming back up next to where I went down). Sometimes I've done a fake stitch - looks like a stitch, but it doesn't go thru all the layers, only thru the top layer.
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Sometimes I stab stitch, sometimes I use a modified back stitch. Mostly I try to avoid going through really thick parts.
I will also admit that sometimes I fake it, and make stitches through the top and maybe the batting, without worrying about going all the way through. Life is too short to worry about it.
Janet
I will also admit that sometimes I fake it, and make stitches through the top and maybe the batting, without worrying about going all the way through. Life is too short to worry about it.
Janet
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This is what I do and no one seems to know the difference. Less frustrating than trying to do it the "usual" way.
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