Stitch in the ditch foot-opinions please
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In my opinion, I think the blade on the second foot is less stable than the one one the first. I have purchased both styles for different machines and my shorter bladed foot is by far the better in the long run.
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Originally Posted by bigsister63
I quess that I am confused. I thought that you always used a "walking foot" when doing SID or other straight line top stitching or putting on binding since it allows both top and bottom fabric to move together. I do SID with my walking foot using invisible thread on top and matching thread to the backing on the bottom. the top stitches can hardley be seem and I just go slow and eyeball the "ditch".
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I'm lucky because my "stitch in the ditch" foot IS a walking foot on a Pfaff (it uses the IDT if you want it to) so I don't have to decide. The official name for my foot is the "narrow edge foot" and I think some machines might call them an "edge joining foot" (just in case you can't find a "stitch in the ditch" foot for your machine).
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The foot I have for my Pfaff is called a Stitch in the Ditch Foot w/IDT and I just love it. It makes my life so much easier.
http://www.pfaffusa.com/media/Projec...Foot_w_IDT.pdf
http://www.pfaffusa.com/media/Projec...Foot_w_IDT.pdf
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I have 2, but I am not at my machine...I think they both look about the same. However, of the 2 I have...one is for guiding on the right hand side of the fabric and the other is for the left edge. You can tell by the grooves underneath. Is it possible that one of these is for left-edge topstitching? That sure comes in handy sometimes!
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Originally Posted by np3
Stitch in the ditch foot keeps you close to the ditch, but you need a walking foot to make the fabric feed smoothly. Just my opinion of course....
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Originally Posted by Kitsie
Originally Posted by np3
Stitch in the ditch foot keeps you close to the ditch, but you need a walking foot to make the fabric feed smoothly. Just my opinion of course....
The other foot has a small round hole and is mostly plastic but the "blade" is a little longer. I like the visibility of the plastic but I'm more of a "multi-function" type so I like feet that allow me to do more than one specific thing.
Maybe you will be lucky enough to test drive and compare the two feet like I did before I bought. My Pfaff dealer is great about things like that (they were the ones who pointed out the differences).
#28
i have just used the stitch in the ditch foot shorter one [pfaff+idt]for sewing on a drawn lines across the diagonals for pinwheel blocks---was a fantastic help also can be used in heirloom type sewing strips together
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I always worry about the really small needle holes which make moving the needle off center limiting (to me anyway). I wish my 1/4 inch bladed foot had a larger needle opening for my piece of mind. Of course, I really wanted to use it for a 3/8 inch seam but that's another story.
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