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I have a quilt top I need to sandwich and quilt quick. I was thinking stitch-in-the-ditch but then thought maybe I could use the zig zag stitch on my machine. I would go over the lines where the pieces come together (it is made of charm squares).
Any thoughts? Suggestions? Things to watch out for? Anyone want to scream, "NO!"
no reason why you can't. myself, i like the wavy stitch to sew over the seams. On my brother machine it is called "serpentine". i've also seen some nice quilts where different decorative stitches were used over the seams instead of a straight stitch .
I'd try it on a sample before attempting it on your quilt. If you hate it you won't want to deal with removing it.
I've used the "wavy" stitch on a couple of kids quilts, turned out ok!
There is no reason not to use your zigzag stitch, just test it on a sample to make sure you like the length and width of the stitch. :)
Already deleted it, but I had an e-mail from one of my quilt newsletters this morning and they were showing fancy stitching to quilt your quilt - and they used the zig-zag. I agree to test it and be sure it's what you want on your quilt.
I played with the zig zag and didn't like any of the length/width combinations. So I just did stitch in the ditch (and sometimes stitch near the ditch). Went fast and looks fine.
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Turned out just great!
A job well done :)
Excellent... do you use a walking foot??? I tried for years, thinking i didn't need it, but what a difference.. it looks as though you did... love your color combo...:)
Turned out good!
Looks very nice.
No, just the foot I sew with. I've used it before for SITD and it works pretty well. I need to get a walking foot, though.Quote:
Originally Posted by GrammaBabs
I use zigzag stitching all the time for quilting...am going to try the serpentine next...use zigzag on my jelly roll quilts and had someone actually request it in a quilt
