OhCanada

Any tips for this? I try to gently reposition my quilt through the throat when I pivot (although sometimes it is necessary to use more persuasion). As you can see in the photo below I often end up with a wiggle after the pivot. I would really like to eliminate this.

EasyPeezy

Do you have your needle in the down position when you pivot?

Deb watkins

When I have to do a pivot, I keep my needle in the down position, turn to where I want to be, then I do a one stitch 'reverse' stitch, which keeps my needle in the same spot - then I can go forward without that little wiggle.

audsgirl

I had never heard of doing this, but I'm going to try it when I do my next quilt. Thanks Deb!

Leslie

OhCanada

I am careful to keep the needle in the down position when pivoting - however never tried doing one reverse stitch.
I'll give that a try - thanks for the suggestion Deb!

DOTTYMO

This looks like the same as stopping in free motion. And then restarting. Will keep watching as my friend does this when stopping in a straight line and I can't see what she is doing wrong.

toverly

That backstitch is a great idea, I'm going to give that a try too. I think this wiggle occurs when tension is on the batting and fabric after the turn, when the needle goes up to take a stitch, it releases that tension resulting in in wiggle. If the back stitch doesn't work, just make certain the tension is off after the turn. At least that's what I do.

ManiacQuilter2

Very interesting suggestion. I have never had this problem before.

Just Jan

Good suggestions here but nobody mentioned using a metal foot instead of a plastic one. Metal gives better control/traction of the fabric.

jmoore

Is it a large quilt? I have not had issues as long as my needle is down but am curious to try Deb's suggestion.