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    Old 11-03-2012, 01:30 PM
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    do they start out locking stitches or do you still need to pull up your thread and put you machine to 0 before you start?
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    Old 11-03-2012, 01:46 PM
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    You might try to make a sample first. When I used decorative stitches I pulled my thread
    and buried them afterwards. I'm afraid if I set it to "0" I might lose part of the pattern or
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    I have not done anything special with my threads-I try to overlap the stitching if I am going around the quilt, but if I'm going up and down or back and forth, I just hold the fabric firm so the machine can take a couple of stitches in one place and that seems to work great.
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    I do pull up my threads so there is no nesting underneath.

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    Old 11-04-2012, 08:20 AM
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    My Viking will do decorative stitches on the quilts for maybe a yard, then the stitches start loosing the pattern. This is the second Viking I've had with the same results. I think it would probably do okay with a thin batting but not with the batting I use for Hospice quilts.
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