What's a hobby if you don't fiddle around sometimes and try new things? That's why I'm linking up with
Happy Quilting for Try New Things (TNT) Thursday!
The other day, I had the opportunity to try out the new (and very FANCY)
Pfaff Creative Sensation. I have also recently been on a
free motion kick! I thought about all of the fancy stitches that my Baby Lock Ellegante has and wondered if I could quilt with them. So, I made up some "quilt sandwiches" and had a go at it!
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| Just one page in one section of decorative stitches, built-in |
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| First attempt: the stitches at the top, middle, and bottom should be circles! |
I thought I was doomed at getting the stitches to line up. I tried fiddling with the alignment buttons, to no avail. Then, when all else failed, I read the manual (I know, horror!). I had been using my walking foot, because I was quilting, WRONG choice! I should have been using foot "N" (who knew??).
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| Foot "N" on the left, walking foot on the right. |
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| With foot "N" and fiddling with the alignment to get it back where it belonged. |
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| Attempt to make curves with the stitches and combine with straight stitches |
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| The back and forth curves are 1 1/2" wide! This is a decorative stitch! |
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| Also 1 1/2" wide! Perfect waves! |
I like the results I got, but I'm not sure when or how I will use them. But it is nice to know I CAN do it! I really loved playing with the stitches.
Well, I'm off to see if
Melissa, at Happy Quilting, is ready to link-up! Until then, you can just Color Me Quilty!
Pat
