Just when I think I'm ready
#23
My machine automatically sets to 2.5 when I press 1/4" seam on the computer screen. The machine is smarter than me. I have learned that it tells me what size needle to use, plus so many things it's sometimes intimidating to use! My old Kenmore from the 60's is computer illiterate!!
#25
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Join Date: Feb 2010
Location: Reno, Nevada
Posts: 794
The straight stitch default on my machine is 2.2
When paper piecing, I use 1.8
When piecing the fabric, I use 2.0
When machine quilting (SID included), I use 3.0.
If I use a heavier, thicker thread for machine quilting, I'll beef it up to 3.5, but I hardly ever go longer than that.
When paper piecing, I use 1.8
When piecing the fabric, I use 2.0
When machine quilting (SID included), I use 3.0.
If I use a heavier, thicker thread for machine quilting, I'll beef it up to 3.5, but I hardly ever go longer than that.
#26
You definitely are not pestering. Sometimes I ask a question I think is dumb and then others tell me they were afraid to ask it, so just ask it. You are helping others and that's what we should be all about, right?
Also, don't forget that each of us here was once in your spot so you have a lot of comaraderie.
Also, don't forget that each of us here was once in your spot so you have a lot of comaraderie.
#28
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Join Date: Jul 2010
Location: Northern California
Posts: 112
I use 2.5 for piecing and 2.0 for paper piecing (to make removing the paper piecing easier) and 12 per inch for the normal quilting and 15 per inch for a tiny stippling area of quilting. Have fun....
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