Stitch in the Ditch
03-15-2012, 04:18 PM
#11
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Join Date: Nov 2010
Location: Cadillac, MI
Posts: 6,487
I love mine. The little guide pushes the fabric back so the ditch is exposed. I do find I have to trust it to do it's thing - I need to watch the guilde, not the needle. If I start watching the needle, I slip out of the ditch.
I just went around the first border on a quilt with really thick batting and there's not a missed stitch or any tucks on the back. It's a Prayers and Squares quilt so it will be tied. I just wanted to hold it together.
I just went around the first border on a quilt with really thick batting and there's not a missed stitch or any tucks on the back. It's a Prayers and Squares quilt so it will be tied. I just wanted to hold it together.
Last edited by irishrose; 03-15-2012 at 04:21 PM.
03-15-2012, 04:30 PM
#12
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Join Date: Jul 2011
Location: Dillsburg, PA
Posts: 314
I bought the STID foot for the Janome 7700. I haven't had the need to use it YET. The day I bought the machine the salesman showed it to me and I said not right now. Well...a few weeks later when I went to my instruction class I decided I would buy it. The project that I am working on now is Sun Bonnet Sue...the month of June wallhanging. I will be doing machine applique for the first time...except the test piece I did in the instruction class. The wallhanging has a narrow and then a wide border so when I get to quilting those I will be using the STID foot. I'm anxious to try it now that I hear how great it works.
03-17-2012, 04:07 AM
#13
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Join Date: Jan 2011
Location: Northwestern Lower Michigan/Seminole, Florida
Posts: 371
I bought a Janome STID foot, and I was sure that I was really going to love it. I do like how it works with the guide, but I find I really need the walking foot to quilt smoothly. Do they make a STID walking foot for Janome?
03-17-2012, 04:10 AM
#14
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Join Date: Sep 2011
Location: Central NY
Posts: 859
Same here. I was not as accurate with the sitd foot, so I use the serpentine or similar stitch to sitd.
I have one of these feet, but I don't use it anymore because I'm too much of a perfectionist for SITD. What I am doing instead now is using a "serptentine" stitch, which is basically a wavy stitch to left and right. It goes right over the seam allowance but I no longer have to worry about deviations from the seam (they basically don't show up) plus I can sew faster this way.
03-17-2012, 05:47 AM
#15
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Join Date: Apr 2011
Location: Ontario, Canada
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On my old machine (non-accufeed) I just used the regular SITD, and quilted without any problems, without the walking foot. However, this was just for smaller items, eg. table runners, mug rugs, wall hangings.
I don't believe there is a SITD for a regular walking foot attachment.
03-17-2012, 06:25 AM
#18
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Location: Ontario, Canada
Posts: 17,827
Feet are usually brand specific ... you'd be best to ask your dealer what options might be available for you.
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