I’m finally quilting the doll quilt for a co-workers grandchild, and have a question. The piece is quite small, I’m just able to get it comfortably in a hoop and considered doing it without one for a while (like the Hawaiian), but the question is this:
When you have a small but intricate pattern, do you twist the needle/ fabric to load it or just take a couple stitches at a time, turn, etc.? I tried the first method, gently pushing the fabric afterwards to release the stitches in the quilted area which looks good, and undoubtedly saves time, but I’m wondering if there are unseen drawbacks in doing it this way. I mean really, the patterns are small enough that I’m not really saving a huge chunk of time anyway.
When the curlicues are tiny though, what do ‘you’ do?