I found it! I found it!!
 

A few weeks ago, on one of the threads, someone mentioned a wavy line stitch. I was amazed by this (don't judge me and my ignorance). I was convinced that my mom's machine didn't have such a thing. Well, lo' and behold!! I found it today!! I love it!! I was making a larger receiving blanket for my grandbaby. She loves the one a friend of mine made for her but she's outgrowing it already. And I needed a decorative stitch to put around the edge so I was playing around with the wheels and there it was!! I just had to share!!

isn't it fun o find some thing you did not know you had? LOL congtats

It's amazing how we stop seeing our own things but never miss other peoples.

So many treasures right in front of us.

Sometimes we should just slow down and play with our machines. we just done know what we will find.

It is always a good idea to try EVERY stitch on your machine...even sewing with a wider stitch width, or elongating to see what it looks like..and to remember to record somehow with the lengths and widths if you want to use it again.

I made a stitch sampler of all my decorative stitches. It didn't take long to make and it has been a big time saver since.

The stitch sampler is a great idea!

what a good idea! I keep a sewing/quilting journal of what I make and where I have sent them so this would be a good page for the back to have handy. would make for quicker decisions. I have a brother that was mom's. its gotta be over 15 years old cause she has been gone for 10 yrs. runs fine. I use a Denim and Silk Euro Pro that for me is great. Knock on wood, it's running good and I have had it since 2000 I think.

Having a stitch sampler of decorative stitches sounds like a great idea! Hope it happens soon!

I found that wavy line too, and used it to quilt a lasagna quilt... It was great. Just did every other seam line. With the walking foot it worked great. I am not a great machine quilter... As someone said the other day, you can quilt by hand, by machine or by check... I usually quilt by CHECK!

There are definitely decorative stitches that I prefer over a straight stitch on some projects. Glad you found that one.

sew very true

lol quilting by check-that is a good one

A stitch sampler is a great idea.

Don't ya just love it when ya find out something new about your machine . ONE could just jump for joy .. Make yourself a sampler book ( that is what I did when I got my new machine per advice from the Dealer!) and you will be ever so happy you did .. Wish I would of thought of that years ago ! LOL a duh moment in time and many more to come along !LOL

Isn't it great when you find something like that? One of the first things I did after buying my Janome 4000 (PS she's still going strong) was try out all the embroidery stitches. I was making quilts for the new twins next door, and I had decided to make a simple quilt - when the blocks were sewn together, I then used the many spools of Rayon thread in a myriad of colors, and in a variety of stitches to quilt it. I had so much fun and I think I used just about every embroidery stitch I had. My neighbors loved the quilts and I had a blast playing with my Janome.

Wonderful to discover new things that was in front of us all the time...

Let the creative juices flow!

I just found that stitch on my machine a few weeks ago...I was making Thanksgiving placemats and wanted a background fill stitch...I was tired of stippling and just wanted fast...that wavy stitch makes a super substitution for stippling! Also...after that I was playing around with it and if you cross hatch it, it makes a great basket weave !! Have that in mind for another project. I also heard someone say on here that they use it instead of straight line SID, it's much more forgiving and hides a lot of errors!

Isn't this great! I was thrilled when I discovered that as my quilting buddies were buying Sidewinders, my older Viking's bobbin winder was already available on the side of the machine-I saved myself some money!

I use the wavy line stitch for grid quilting my charity baby quilts. Its so much fun!