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FMQ long stitch
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I have a couple of long stitches when doing FMQ ruler work. I do not rip, I just put in a safety pin until I can fix them with a hand needle and thread. Here it is where my scissors are pointing.[ATTACH=CONFIG]599531[/ATTACH]
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[ATTACH=CONFIG]599532[/ATTACH]I use a hand needle and thread to put in stitches on both sides of the long thread and then use my easy thread needle to tie off and bury the threads. All fixed!
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Great tip---looks good !
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Great idea!
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Nice fix! Sorry you are getting a few long stitches.
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Nice tip!!
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That's a great idea. Thanks for passing it along. I'm on a FMQ adventure with rulers.
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That's a great tip for fixing long stitches, thanks!
But now a naive question from someone who really is not an expert on FMQ: I thought FMQ is using a darning foot and making all kind of patterns, but yours is a straight line. Wouldn't you use a walking foot for that? If using a walking foot, is that still called FMQ? |
When quilting straight lines, you can use your walking foot but unless you go in only one direction, you will need to turn your quilt. Turning a quilt to do the stitching is hard.
You can FMQ straight lines by having a ruler foot and a thick ruler. This allows you to keep the quilt in the same position but quilt in any direction you want sewing along the ruler. ( Just like the long armers do but on your sewing machine) Since the feed dogs are down and you are controlling the stitch length yourself, I sometimes get an oops. |
What a clever girl you are. I will try to remember to do this in the future.
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nice save.
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Thanks for showing this tip! Very handy.
Rob |
Originally Posted by Tartan
(Post 8111307)
When quilting straight lines, you can use your walking foot but unless you go in only one direction, you will need to turn your quilt. Turning a quilt to do the stitching is hard.
You can FMQ straight lines by having a ruler foot and a thick ruler. This allows you to keep the quilt in the same position but quilt in any direction you want sewing along the ruler. ( Just like the long armers do but on your sewing machine) Since the feed dogs are down and you are controlling the stitch length yourself, I sometimes get an oops. |
OK, I realise that I might have more questions about ruler quilting, so I just started a thread in the main forum so this one doesn't turn into a discussion about it! :)
https://www.quiltingboard.com/main-f...ml#post8111460 |
I have actually put couching stitches over the long stitches, with monofilament thread, to look like the stitches are smaller. I travel through the batting between stitches. No one has ever noticed. Lol.
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I've decide this has to do with the thickness at the point of needle penetration. It happens to me too. If possible I try to avoid those spots but with SID and tracing you can't.
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