stitch in ditch
08-21-2010, 07:35 AM
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I like to use echo quilting in a lot of my quilts, where the line of the quilting echos the shape of the piecework. I use stitch in the ditch occasionally, esp. when I am in a hurry, but I avoid it if I can and stitch beside the seam line instead of in it becuase I have read that it can cut the threads of the seam itself and lead to damage to the quilt top as the quilt is washed.
08-21-2010, 12:14 PM
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Originally Posted by Sadiemae
A regular SID is straight. I think if you meander a SID it would mean you just kind wander back and forth across your ditch instead of trying to make it go straight(kind or curvy line). I have seen this around applique's. Great idea. That way you aren't trying to make a perfectly straight line. Others may have a different take on this.
08-22-2010, 12:25 PM
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Originally Posted by Jim's Gem
Originally Posted by Sadiemae
A regular SID is straight. I think if you meander a SID it would mean you just kind wander back and forth across your ditch instead of trying to make it go straight(kind or curvy line). I have seen this around applique's. Great idea. That way you aren't trying to make a perfectly straight line. Others may have a different take on this.
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