A question for all of you great quilters....what length stitch do you use when you quilt your quilts with your walking foot? Mine seem so small and when I look at pictures on quilt blogs they seem longer. What do you use?
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A question for all of you great quilters....what length stitch do you use when you quilt your quilts with your walking foot? Mine seem so small and when I look at pictures on quilt blogs they seem longer. What do you use?
For piecing I usually use a 2 or 2.5, for straight line quilting I normally set my machine on about 3.5 or maybe 4.
I think if you get 8 to 10 stitches per inch that is a good length for machine quilting.
I usually set mine about 3.5 to 4.5 depending on how thick my sandwich is
Oh what a good question! After having ripped out three perimeters of Very Tight straight line and decorative quilting, I need to adjust my stitch length from where it is when I piece, to something a bit looser for when I quilt.
I always set it to 3
My machine likes the number 3. the quilting goes much faster and easier with a longer stitch for straight line quilting. Hope this helps you "loosen" up a bit and have fun with this stage of your creation..
I like 3 also, hate ripping anything smaller and that usually seems to be part of every project!
I also use 3.
Do a test, make a small sandwich, then set the stitch length to 2, then 2.5, 3, 3.5, 4, 4.5, and finally 5.
Look at them and see which one you like best.
Well, I have been using a 2.5, but after reading this thread I guess I should bump it up to 3! It would make it quite a bit easier to rip out since I always seem to manage to make a mistake!
I use 3 or 3.5 on mine.
2.5 is the normal stitch length for piecing & regular sewing. Walking foot stitch length should be longer. It depends on which quilting stitch you use, but I usually use 3. Try out several stitch lengths on a small sample sandwich. JCY
I have found 3 is a good setting. My machine is set at default 2.5 but I have noticed that is so small sometimes it is to tight because of that. And to rip out...forget it..I don't want to loose any more of my hair! So I set it to 3 and the stitches are still small enough to keep things together properly, but long enough that to rip out is not as much a problem. for FMQ I use 3 also as I know that I am not good enough yet to make them perfect everytime, and I know I pull a bit to much to make the stitches longer anyway so setting the stitch longer wouldnt help there.
I use 4 - 4.5. I like the way it looks.