Serpentine stitch quilting

I hope you've discovered the serpentine stitch on your sewing machine. I could not do without it. The serpentine stitch makes a pretty, wavy line. You just sew straight and the machine does all the work. It's the bomb. I use the serpentine stitch for machine quilting with a walking foot. It's easy and it looks terrific. [caption id=attachment_1334 align=aligncenter width=500] Serpentine stitch[/caption] I stretch out the bumps or hills for my purposes. You...

I finished a quilt at the weekend! It’s bound, washed and everything. I made it for my trip to Colorado at the end of August when it will be revealed in all its glory. Here’s a sneak pe…

Using a decorative stitch to machine quilt adds a great wow factor to your quilt. Using the dual feed foot on the Dreamweaver XE makes it even better!

This post is for all my quilting friends and readers who think that quilting on a regular sewing machine is either 1) boring, because al...

I learn stuff all the time from other bloggers. The most recent awesome and truly useful tip came from a post by Camille Roskelley of Simplify. This tip has to do with a stitch many of you may have on...

Lizanne's Science quilt - digital design made using the serpentine line I created in IQ for the wavy cross hatch earlier last week. I wanted something Double Helix-ish ;-) Superior Omni in Med. Gray and Hobbs 80/20 batt

Serpentine stitch

You may have read on my last post that I used a serpentine stitch for a few rows on my latest quilt. Over the past few weeks I have on occasion seen that quilters used a serpentine stitch on their quilts and I realized I really like it as an alternative to a straight stitch. Unfortunately all the examples I saw were sewn on Bernina machines. I tried to find the same stitch on my Horizon but only found stitch 19 under the Utilitiy section and although it has the same shape it isn't as nice…

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I have to share a favorite stitch that I use for quilting. It's a serpentine stitch that can be changed from the factory setting to look like a meandering, playful, free form stitch. What I really like about it, besides the look, is that you can stitch it with the walking foot, so that you end up with neat and even stitches. Here is a picture showing the stitch. Serpentine stitch This is stitch #4 on the Bernina 440 machine. I changed the width to 3.1 mm and the length to 2.5 mm. I also set…

One of my favorite stitches - the Serpentine!

My favorite stitch for quilting!! Have you tried it? . ✨Top tips: 1. Use a walking foot!!! 2. Sew at a steady speed. If you don't, your wavy line will not be uniform. It will look very tight in...

Sewing machine walking foot guide - get the most from your walking foot!

Pictures - Here's the Serpentine stitch - To clarify what this stitch looks like per the discussion under another thread, I stitched out an example . My machine is the Janome 9900. It is a 9 mm machine . I use this stitch to quilt small projects. Cross hatching looks amazing. sandy

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Serpentine stitch on Janome 6600?

This gently curved stitch is a great stitch for Quilting our layers together. It is not only fast but looks great too. If you do not have time to make your o...

Easy technique for quilting - use an open running stitch for ripples across the fabric. Standard sewing machine stitch for modern quilting.