Advice on satin stitch

I also use stabilizer under the fabric, and even some lightweight tearway over the top--and reduce tension to "0". A friend of mine used old clear plastic dry cleaner bags on the top when stitching out on her embroidery machine.

I am lucky enough to have a Husqvarna Viking machine-they have the most excellent satin stitch. Makes applique a breeze.

Thanks for bringing the tutorial from Patrick Lose to our attention, Jean. I'd seen it before and was interested to watch it again. It's an excellent demo.

Thank you so much Jean. The video really helped me.

Patrick Lose has designed some of out favorite blender fabrics, like Moda Marbles and Sunstreaks. He is an excellent technical instructor. His video on binding is excellent, as well as his instruction on how to join binding strips. I noticed Jenny did her video on machine binding after he did his, using the same techniques. Looks like the teacher went to school herself! He has a cool way to make bias binding in which nothing is wasted. I saw him at the Iowa State Fair last summer. He taught 2 workshops a day every day of the fair. I was lucky to get into the class! Look him up on QNNTV.COM.

http://www.patricklose.com/

I always use a piece of stabilizer underneath. Make sure you have an open toe foot, they usually have a groove in the bottom to prevent tunneling. Practice on scraps that will be identical to your final project. Duplicate thread, everything. Some of the best sources I've found are books by Beth Ferrier, Patrick Lose, and Sharon Schamber.

I have used the zigzag stitch at a short stitch length for my first pass. Then I increase the stitch width by a hair and go over the line again. That makes a nice tight satin too.

I don't use stabilizer on appliqué either. Especially something heavy. I use heat n bond and do a an appliqué satin stitch (my machine has a setting ).


Are you using a machine appliqué (like in the hoop) ?? Cause for that I do use stabilizer.