QUILTsocial Issue 13

Stitch-outs for many decorative stitches
Here are some of the stitch-outs I did using stitches 6-166
through 6-178. As you can see they are much bigger than the
previous samples. They would be great for quilting an inner
border on a quilt as most of them are about 1” wide. But, they
do take a lot of time
to sew. The fastest
one – stitch 6-171
– took 75 seconds
to stitch a 6” long
sample.
So, I found a second
stitch that I’ll use on
the quilt – I’ll keep
it a secret and show
you. Now I need to
layer my quilt!
Layering the quilt
Here it is layered
with batting and backing. I used 505 Spray to keep the layers
together and a few safety pins around the outside edge for
added stability.
Machine quilting with a
serpentine stitch
When I’m machine quilting a small project
on my home machine I always try to
use my walking foot when possible. The
Dreamweaver XE has an amazing dual
feed foot that is even better than a regular
old walking foot for machine quilting! The
dual feed foot is plugged into the back
of the machine after securing it to the
presser foot holder.
Once the dual feed foot is plugged in,
you’ll notice that some of the utility and
decorative stitches are grayed out on the
display screen. This feature shows which
stitches can and can’t be used with the
dual feed foot.
You can see in the middle picture below
that since the serpentine stitch isn't
grayed out, it’s available to use with the
dual feed foot! That’s awesome, because
I’d like to use that foot as much as I can
for the machine quilting. Using a walking
foot or dual feed foot prevents the three
layers of the quilt from shifting while
you're quilting!
Before using the serpentine stitch, I’ll
quilt in-the-ditch between the blocks
using the dual feed foot.
The dual feed foot
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Greyed out stitches
Quilting in the ditch