Someone once told me that stitching on paper can dull your needle but it's the only thing I had with straight lines. All I do now is hold up the card to any potential projects and pick my stitch and it's settings. It's primitive, but it works!
Saturday, 1 September 2012
A little stitch card...
I wanted to use a serpentine stitch to quilt a recent project so I created this little stitch card to keep track of my machine's stitches. There are a few of these on my Viking 875Q of varying widths and lengths with endless adjustment possibilities. So I documented the standard stitches and then started fiddling.
Someone once told me that stitching on paper can dull your needle but it's the only thing I had with straight lines. All I do now is hold up the card to any potential projects and pick my stitch and it's settings. It's primitive, but it works!
Someone once told me that stitching on paper can dull your needle but it's the only thing I had with straight lines. All I do now is hold up the card to any potential projects and pick my stitch and it's settings. It's primitive, but it works!
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That's a fantastic idea!!! Last night I just started a little notebook where I am writing all the details of the quilts I am working on, like needle position and stitch length so when I get interrupted, I can go right back to it. The stitch chart is a great idea.
ReplyDeleteThis is a very good idea! I will look for this stitch on my machine as I am terrible for just doing straight line quilting. This way I can do straight line quilting but it will look like I can do fancy quilting!
ReplyDeletethat's a brilliant idea! I keep a spare needle in a case especially for sewing through paper :-D
ReplyDeleteWhat a great idea, I am always forgetting what setting I used :)
ReplyDeleteThat is such a great idea, Elena! I have all these stitches on my machine that I never use. Maybe if I had a reference sheet to see how they would look, I'd use them more!
ReplyDeleteGreat oto have handy!
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