Figured out machine quilting is not for me
01-18-2011, 06:21 PM
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Joanieu, if you don't have a foot that is made just for stitch in the ditch, I highly recommend you get one. The first three quilts I did on my machine were very difficult, but once I got that foot....and once I learned to put my ironing board to the left of my machine, at a 90 degree angle and most of my quilt on it, then I did fine on the quilts that followed.
The ironing board keeps gravity from pulling the quilt down and messing up my stitches.
I am still pretty new to quilting, but I take a great deal of satisfaction in the actual quilting, and I like stitch in the ditch because it has a line I can follow without having to do anything else. :)
Just keep practicing. You will conquer this!
The ironing board keeps gravity from pulling the quilt down and messing up my stitches.
I am still pretty new to quilting, but I take a great deal of satisfaction in the actual quilting, and I like stitch in the ditch because it has a line I can follow without having to do anything else. :)
Just keep practicing. You will conquer this!
01-18-2011, 06:57 PM
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Originally Posted by katier825
What is it that you don't like and are ripping out? Have you tried a stitch in the ditch foot? You're probably being too hard on yourself. Once the quilt is washed, most of what you perceive as imperfections aren't so noticeable!
01-18-2011, 07:06 PM
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Originally Posted by katier825
What is it that you don't like and are ripping out? Have you tried a stitch in the ditch foot? You're probably being too hard on yourself. Once the quilt is washed, most of what you perceive as imperfections aren't so noticeable!
01-18-2011, 07:27 PM
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Originally Posted by Limey
It is just about impossible to stitch-in-the ditch with a walking foot because you can't see the seam properly but it is good for all-over geometric quiting if you have your "sandwich" prepped with pins or spray.
01-18-2011, 08:44 PM
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no matter how careful I am a lot of my stitches end up out of the ditch - but unless really bad I just leave it. Once washed it doesn't seem to be real noticeable unless you are looking for it. Anyway, if people are going to critique a gift quilt for that it will be the last quilt they get from me! The will lose their quiltworthyness (I know, not a word but whatever)
01-18-2011, 10:10 PM
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Originally Posted by Joanieu
The stitches look too small and look like they are all crumped together plus I am not able to keep the stitches in the ditch. It just looks too messy - I am trying it on the quilt I am making for myself.
01-19-2011, 12:27 AM
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Originally Posted by Scissor Queen
Usually when I start something new I give it more than a day and a half before I decide to quit. Make some smaller things and practice! You wouldn't expect to be Rembrandt the first time you picked up a paintbrush!!
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