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Never Make the stitch length smaller than your seam ripper!!LOL
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Originally Posted by Sharoni
Never Make the stitch length smaller than your seam ripper!!LOL
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This is a great question, with a lot of helpful answers.
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if you have your feed dogs down, you just judge the stitch yourself - not too tiny, but remain consistent. If you are doing in the ditch, don't make the stitches so big that they could easily catch on things and be snagged or pulled out.I have seen some excellent 'primitive' stitches that were quiie large on a gypsy style quilt. Sashiko is quite large as well.I don't think you should be so rigid in accepting any variety that enhances the quilt.I think chain stitch looks good as well.
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Thread should be considered, too. I think King Tut and Signature 40 wt. thread looks very nice with a larger stitch - 3.0 or so.
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I like a 2.5 myself.
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I have always use 3.0 on quilts. FMQ or SID. It works for me!
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What is SID and how does it work
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Most of the time, I also use a 3.0. It looks more like handquilting.
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Originally Posted by New knee
If you are thinking of quilting in the ditch (which I hate to do), and your machine has different stitches, use a serpentine stitch and that way you don't have to stay strictly in the ditch because the stitches move from side to side of the ditch.
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