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Jim 01-26-2011 07:52 PM

I use anywhere from 2 to 3...depends on what I am sewing..for paper piecing I use smaller stitches

kathdavis 01-26-2011 08:36 PM

I use 1.8 stitch length.

quiltjoey 01-26-2011 08:41 PM

My machine automatically sets to 2.5 when I press 1/4" seam on the computer screen. The machine is smarter than me. I have learned that it tells me what size needle to use, plus so many things it's sometimes intimidating to use! My old Kenmore from the 60's is computer illiterate!!

mcbride4362 01-27-2011 05:46 AM

I am new to quilting also, so I enjoy watching answers to your questions.

Jo Belmont 01-27-2011 06:06 AM

The straight stitch default on my machine is 2.2

When paper piecing, I use 1.8

When piecing the fabric, I use 2.0

When machine quilting (SID included), I use 3.0.

If I use a heavier, thicker thread for machine quilting, I'll beef it up to 3.5, but I hardly ever go longer than that.

Nolee 01-27-2011 06:53 AM

You definitely are not pestering. Sometimes I ask a question I think is dumb and then others tell me they were afraid to ask it, so just ask it. You are helping others and that's what we should be all about, right?

Also, don't forget that each of us here was once in your spot so you have a lot of comaraderie.

Jackie D 01-27-2011 07:00 AM

For something real small you want a smaller stitch length. Normally I use 2.5

pennylynne 01-27-2011 07:28 AM

I use 2.5 for piecing and 2.0 for paper piecing (to make removing the paper piecing easier) and 12 per inch for the normal quilting and 15 per inch for a tiny stippling area of quilting. Have fun....

IBQUILTIN 01-27-2011 09:27 AM

I use a 2 for piecing, and 2.5 for quilting

catrancher 01-27-2011 09:28 AM

Mine defaults to 2.4 and that's where I leave it.


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