Quilting Tip of the Day

Who says that "quilt in the ditch" and grid design stitches have to be plain?  Get inspired by all those neat decorative stitches on your machine.  Use one (or more!) of these fancy stitches with your walking foot or even feed foot.

Practice first on a quilt sandwich using the same fabric and thread as the actual quilt.  Be sure the width of the stitch is not wider than the needle opening of your presser foot.   

Not all stitches will look the same when stitched with an even feed foot.  Make samples, adjusting the width and length, until you get the desired stitch.  

You can use specialty embroidery thread or metallic thread to spice up your next quilt project.  This technique looks especially nice on a crazy quilt using your scraps left over from other projects. 

Happy quilting!

Gwen
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