Susan Hunter" I have noticed when I use my regular sewing machine to quilt, such as "stitching in the ditch" or even sewing straight lines, that the quilting looks very different than "free motion" quilting or having it quilted by a long-arm quilterd by a long-arm quilter. It's almost as if I can tell that a regular sewing machine was used rather than the free motion quilting." Quote
Sound like you are confused on the difference between SID and "free Motion" quilting. Either can be done by LAQ or by you on your regular machine. SID usually uses a walking foot and is usually straight lines either in the seam line or very close to it or on the diaginal. FMq uses a special foot and the feed dogs are usually dropped completely down and you control/move the quilt top to make a pattern. You should be able to make the same patterns/designs on your machine as a LAQ does on her machine. The difference may be in the skill of the quilter. Practice makes perfect. Also I have heard that SID can be hard for a LAQ to do since they are really controlling the LA machine.
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