Quilting in the Ditch??????
10-24-2014, 07:49 AM
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I wear cheap gardening gloves to help pull the fabric away from the seam. I've found using an open toe foot really helps. You can see so much better where you are going. Go slow or at least sew a few inches at a time. I'll have to try the zig zag stitch. I've used a decorate stitch and it makes for a nice finish.
10-24-2014, 08:03 AM
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10-24-2014, 08:12 AM
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OK, I'm the odd one out. I stitch on top of the seam as I find that it gives me more of a cleaner look than in the ditch where it usually looks like I've veered off course more than once.
It is probably unconventional and against all the rules. If I can add that I think it makes the seam sturdier as it is sewn down.
It is probably unconventional and against all the rules. If I can add that I think it makes the seam sturdier as it is sewn down.
10-24-2014, 09:07 AM
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I do mine the same. It just makes me feel it is more secure, and since I make user friendly quilts, it works for me.
10-24-2014, 09:29 AM
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10-24-2014, 10:38 AM
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Good information here. Somewhere in the many quilting books I have read they talk about "stitching in the ditch" and the article said to NEVER stitch directly in the ditch but a thread or two away from where the two pieces of fabric are joined. The reason for this is because if you stitch DIRECTLY over the stitching where the fabrics are joined you will weaken the threads. Makes good sense. I hope the way I have written this makes sense. ;-)) I love to STID when I am not sure of what other kind of quilting pattern to use. A good way also to make a particular piece stand out.
10-24-2014, 04:13 PM
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10-24-2014, 08:03 PM
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I don't know FMQ at all, I do the SID but after a couple of actual stitches in the ditch I always end up sewing right next to the stitch ditch. I'm bass akwards I guess cuz if I try to start stitching right beside the ditch like it ends up being I mess up so mine all start with a couple of stitches right in the seam and then right next to it the rest of the way. Yep I'm a goof 
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