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I have use my embroidery designs in my quilts & regular fancy stitches too I hope you get the picture of the quilt I sent.
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Wow! That's beautiful! Do you hoop all three layers? Or do you use a sticky stabilizer?
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I have an old Bernina which has about 20 basic stitches. I just finished a split rail for my son and his fiancé for their wedding present. It has at least 20 really bright colors in the rails. I used the decorative stitch to SID each block. It turned out much like the crazy quilts and was the very best way I could have quilted it! I used a variegated thread on the top and a solid on the bottom.
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Making a stitch map isn't silly at all. I keep saying that I am going to do this. My machine has many decorative stitches, and you are right about the icon not really giving you an accurate picture. They always look better stitched out. :-P :-P
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Originally Posted by sewmom
has anyone ever quilted using a double needle. on the baby quilt that i'm making right now, i sewed 2 wavy lines down a sashing. unfortunately, they were not as nice as i would like. doesn't the twin needle make a zizzag on the back? (if i had tried a sample, i could answer my own question, but i was wondering if anyone had ever used this technique?
You have to be careful when using a double needle that your fabric doesn't tunnel. Usually you need to either heavily starch the background fabric or use a stabilizer underneath to prevent tunneling. |
Originally Posted by Sewing Grandma
I MADE MY DAUGHTER A JUNGLE PRINT CRAZY QUILT AS YOU GO QUILT AND USED THE FANCY STITCHES ON MY MACHINE. I USED METALLIC THREAD AND IT TURNED OUT WONDERFUL. EACH BLOCK HAD ABOUT 7 DIFFERENT STITCHES. IT WAS A GREAT WAY TO LEARN THE STITCHES AND WHAT THEY LOOKED LIKE WHEN YOU INCREASED THE WIDTH AND LENGTH.
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That's kind of what I figured. Oh well. I'm trying to use different things instead of just meandering. Maybe one of the Lqs will have a class on FMQ. Thanx for the info. Have a great day!
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WOW!!! That looks great!! I'm new at this, and was wondering, is it not a lot of start and stopping??? And what are you doing with the thread tails??
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Originally Posted by kasmitty1
It's so funny you asked that. I just did a little playing around with some of my "fancy stitches". I also LOVE multi-colored thread, though it is pricey. But when you use it on contrasting colors, and use the decorative stitch, I think it looks cool.
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I used the stipple stitch on a quilt for a grandson and went through all the layers, it turned out nice.
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I have used decorative stitches to quilt with. On my youngest grandson's quilt. It turn out really good. Pretty unique.
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Originally Posted by lnordyke
The only decorative stitch that I've used on quilts is the feather stitch that I used on a binding of a "Downey Quilt for Kids". It turned out great. They suggested just a zig-zag stitch on the binding and I thought it looked better than that.
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Very nice and a great idea.
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I made a crazy quilt out of velvet and velveteens. I used the decorative stitches, but not through all the layers, just the blocks.
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Here is a pillow cover I did and used decorative stitches on. I don't see why it wouldn't work on a quilt.
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I do this a lot. As someone else said - I don't SID, I use the decorative stitch over the seam. My best results are with varigated thread. It does add a touch of elegance to even a simple block.
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mbunny, I have made 4 crazy quilts from old prom and after five dresses and used all the utility and fancy stitches on my Baby Lock Ellegante. The only thing I would caution you about is using the denser stitches on top or over the seam lines. The more open stitches work very good over the seams. Just be sure and have you seams as flat as possible. I used a lot of varigated threads, incorporated the beading and embroidery on the dresses into the quilt, and added lots of beads, crystals and buttons. I also used my machine to embroider names, birthdates, and deathdates to my crazy quilts.
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I've done it on a doll quilt and it turned out beautifully. The reason I haven't used it again is because it goes pretty slow. I'd like to do it on a crazy quilt--someday.
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I just finished a table runner a month class. It had stripes on the background of all of the runners. I used my decorative stitches on them to quilt it as I have not mastered free hand stipling yet and don't have a stitch regulator on my machine. Several of my class members were very enthusiastic about the result.
Also, I made a denim crazy quilt and used only red thread and decorative stitches to join the pieces. I was pleased with the result. |
Originally Posted by sewmom
has anyone ever quilted using a double needle. on the baby quilt that i'm making right now, i sewed 2 wavy lines down a sashing. unfortunately, they were not as nice as i would like. doesn't the twin needle make a zizzag on the back? (if i had tried a sample, i could answer my own question, but i was wondering if anyone had ever used this technique?
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Originally Posted by kasmitty1
It's so funny you asked that. I just did a little playing around with some of my "fancy stitches". I also LOVE multi-colored thread, though it is pricey. But when you use it on contrasting colors, and use the decorative stitch, I think it looks cool.
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To try this technique, you could make a 12" square pieced block, add the
batting/backing you prefer, then do the fancy stitches, leaving 1/2" space on all sides. I would also do solid color backing so your stitch design is on the back. Then to complete just do the method of stitching all blocks together as shown in Georgia Bonesteel's book: Lap Quilting. Would be beautiful on both sides! |
Originally Posted by LindaM
I've done exactly this for a number of my quilts - rather than use 'stitch in the ditch' or free motion quilting, use the decorative stitches.
I use the walking foot so the layers feed evenly. My Janome has a locking stitch (or you can take a couple of stitches with zero stitch length). The photo here shows a bit of the stitching on a wall quilt (a monochrome quilt for guild challenge) Cheers, Linda ;) |
Originally Posted by fabric=fun
I agree with all that's been said. My machine dealer likes to remind us frequently that 'you paid for all those stitches, its a good idea to try them and use them.'
I do use them for quilting through all layers. Recently through the top and batting on part of the wall hanging with the more closed and complex stitches and then more simple ones through all layers for the rest to complete the quilting part. I also have sample strips of the decorative stitches - it really inspires you to use them more often and they are so much more appealing than the line drawing you see on the stitch guide. looked great, and no one could tell if i was in the ditch, around the ditch, out of the ditch.... |
Originally Posted by Gramof6
Kasmitty your stitching looks fabulous! Don't you just love Superior thread? Thanks to you, now I will go raid DH's LA thread. LOL
I do have a stupid question: When using decorative stitching on your machines, how do you lock the stitches in at the end? I have a Bernina but have never used any of these decorative stitches. If I can learn how to lock in the stitches, that will sure change thanks to this topic! |
Originally Posted by JoyjoyMarie
Last year when I got my Janome6600 I was playing around with some little quilts, and I used the decorative stitches on several quilts, and was very pleased with the results, even though they were not "quilt show quality". (I was improvising, and didn't always turn corners well, or have everything even, but the end results are fine if you blur your eyes :-) I'll attach some photos to show the results. I don't have a closeup of the last one, but I used the forget me not stitch around the Irish Chain, and it ends up looking like lace from a distance.
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I have used a few fancy stitches on some minis. I like the way it looks. Do a practice/play piece, its ok it is how we learn. Experiment and have fun. No rules except the ones you impart on yourself.
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Originally Posted by bstanbro
I have used a little round star-looking stitch for tieing my quilts.
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I sure do on a few baby quilts i have made i do them on the binding and i stitch in the ditch with a pretty design cross stitch i use with a twin needle two colors of thread i have doen to pick up more color to dress it up. ph too pn quilted place mats and napkins on the edges too tooo i use a twin needle two colors of thread looks so pretty.
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Thank You, I hoop all 3 layers I am new at quilting so I do what I like. I am quilting a quilt now using a stippling stitch using a mega hoop so I don't have to hoop it as much.
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Originally Posted by amma
I use the serpentine stitch and let it meander over the seam lines. I have also used other stitches for the quilting. I like to widen and elongate the stitches, if they are too small they want to sink in and the design can start to disappear. Really intricate stitches don't work as well as more open ones. I use my regular foot when sewing these, as some walking feet cannot be used in reverse, and some of these stitches sew forward and backward. I just go slow and easy and have not had any problem with using a regular foot.
Make up a small quilt sandwich and practice with different stitches, varying their widths and lengths. Use a permanent pen to mark the settings next to them for future reference :D:D:D |
I make adoption quilts for a dog rescue group so those are very small - 30 x 30 or so. I love doing those with a decorative stitch - just makes it a little more special looking but is still very quick. I like to use backing to match the thread so it's a little more subtle on the backing. Just have fun, see what you like and how your machine handles the sandwhich.
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I'm making my first crazy quilt and I do not like to hand embroider. I have used the machine embroidery stitches (just the basic ones) and they work out great.
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If you hit your locking stitch button on the last repetition of the decorative stitch, then it automatically locks on that last repetition...at least my Janome 9000 does. Check it out to see if it works for you on whatever machine you have. Open decorative stitches work best for quilting. It sure saves time for bindings and looks nice too. Hope this helps answer the question on locking the decorative stitches...backstitching on decorative stitches doesn't look good so try what I suggested. No messy look.
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Can you post the link to this? Would love to see it.
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kasmitty..
It looks sooo nice. |
Originally Posted by kasmitty1
It's so funny you asked that. I just did a little playing around with some of my "fancy stitches". I also LOVE multi-colored thread, though it is pricey. But when you use it on contrasting colors, and use the decorative stitch, I think it looks cool.
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Originally Posted by weezie
Originally Posted by bstanbro
I have used a little round star-looking stitch for tieing my quilts.
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Mbunny, I have used my decorative stitches on crazy patchwork and it looked stunning. I did it on top of the seem and I've used in one block different fancy stitches on the different seams and it didn't look "overdone". Sorry that I dont have a picture.
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Here's a question. Someone said to lay the fabric flat when doing decorative stitches. Does this mean to iron open the seam? This does make sense when you think about it.
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