Quilting in the Ditch??????
10-23-2014, 12:05 PM
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This is my understanding as well. The ditch is created by pressing to the side, thereby raising one side of the seam above the other.
10-23-2014, 12:18 PM
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This is how I have done for many decades. You don't want to stitch on the fabric that is higher because of the seam allowance is pressed under.
10-23-2014, 12:23 PM
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I stitch right in the ditch. I am lucky and have a Pfaff, and it has a stitch in the ditch foot. That makes it pretty easy for me to do, and SID is my preferred quilting method. (I understand I am pretty rare in that regard. 
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10-23-2014, 04:18 PM
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That's what I do also. With a walking foot, I usually stay in the ditch; but much of the time, my SITD is done when I am FMQ and that is when I am most likely to get out of the ditch a little.
10-23-2014, 07:25 PM
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Right in the seam, and I hate every minute of every ditch, lol! I've tried matching thread, clear monopoly thread, special stitch in the ditch foot, you name it. I've decided that the open toe "accufeed" foot for my Janome works best, along with going slowly. If you put slight outward pressure with your hands on either side of the seam, it does help some, but its difficult to get it perfect. It does however, secure the seams nicely and really does make the quilt pretty, even with free motion designs. I don't always do it if I'm doing an all-over fmq pattern, but some swear by it.
10-23-2014, 08:00 PM
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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, 03:24 AM
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I use the same foot for SID as I use for FMQ. I find it much easier to move the fabric myself rather than rely on the feed dogs and the walking foot. I feel like I have better control. Besides, quilting with the walking foot is SO Slow! I get bored really quickly.
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