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Interesting. I use 4 on my Singer Quilter which is the middle stitch length and what I would use if doing regular sewing. 7 is the length for basting. My stitches seem to be a good length and you can not see light thru them. They are still somewhat hard to remove.

I use 2.5 on my Europro and on my Brother.

if you secure the ends of any seam that is not crossed by another (the crossing of seams secures them too) you should be fine- once in a while a seam will start coming un-done if it was not secured- or if prehaps you had some skipped stitches you did not catch at the time- as long as you are using a good strong thread and getting even stitches you can have some pretty long stitches still hold up just fine.

I believe all the numbers boil down to stitches per inch. If I am not mistaken that mgic number is usually 10 stitches per inch. :)

1.8 for me is fine 1.6 for PP 2.5 for minky

I use 2.2 on my 6600 also, and about the same on my other machines.

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Originally Posted by cmw0829 (Post 4958713)

Auntpiggylpn posted about the quilt she washed and in which she found a seam that had opened. After reading the thread, I am wondering about the stitch length I use for my quilts.

My machine uses millimeters. My machine (Janome Horizon) uses a stitch length of 2.2 on regular straight stitching and less - not sure of the amount - for the piecing stitch. I use the stitch with 2.2 length rather than the piecing stitch, primarily because it makes unsewing easier, which I do quite often.

What are you using? Do you think I should use a shorter stitch length?

Thanks in advance.
Cathy

Hey, I caught you talking about me!!!!! I know that there were many suggestions on my thread about that seam that had opened about using shorther stitch lengths. I use the the default stitch length on my Janome which is 2.2. I too hate to make it any smaller due to the possibility of having to rip it out. This is literally the first time this has ever happened to me on one of my quilts. I am pretty sure the problem was that I used the "Sew 2 squares together then cut them apart to make HST" method and that when I cut it apart, I didn't leave a full 1/4" seam allowance. Also I think that because the seam was on the bias edge, it isn't as strong and so it just couldn't hang on with such a little seam allowance.

Could someone translate these numbers for each individual machine into a universal "stitches per inch" number?

When I made my first bargello, the instructions said to use a tight stitch, and I liked it so much that I use tight stitches all the time. I believe it's about 15 stitches to the inch.

on the SINGER 301A i use 16 which is 16 stitches per inch
on the BERNINA 1630 i use 2.5
on the Bernette 55 i use 2.4 except it is banished to the rolling case right now because it acted up last time
the serger is at default with tensions at 5

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