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Re: Stitching in the Ditch 24 May 2008 19:22 #18599

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Libbi wrote:

Our tiny group of ex-pat (English speakers in Switzerland), beginner quilters were having problems with "stitching in the ditch" without wandering out of the ditch. Watching the needle seemed to be the problem. Doing some experiments, I tried using the Bernina feet, #5 (blind hemmer) & #10 (edge stitch). That piece of metal in the middle of the foot "rides" in the ditch and the eye seems to focus on that rather than the needle. The difference between the 2 feet is that #5 MUST only be used with the needle centered. #10 allows the needle to be moved to the left or right, if necessary.

Great info--thanks for sharing.

Blessing from Northwest Indiana, USA

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24 May 2008 16:09 #18592

Libbi OFFLINE Posts: 332 Thank you received: 48	Yes it does. I even went back and ripped out some previous work and redid the stitiching with much, much better results.
	Looking out the window at Lake Leman in beautiful Switzerland Last Edit: by Libbi. The administrator has disabled public write access.

24 May 2008 09:09 #18573

kfstitcher OFFLINE Posts: 1463 Thank you received: 78	Hi Libbi. I only recently started using the foot with the blade in the middle and it really does make a quite difference doesn't it? Karen
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Stitching in the Ditch 24 May 2008 04:34 #18566

Libbi
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Our tiny group of ex-pat (English speakers in Switzerland), beginner quilters were having problems with "stitching in the ditch" without wandering out of the ditch. Watching the needle seemed to be the problem. Doing some experiments, I tried using the Bernina feet, #5 (blind hemmer) & #10 (edge stitch). That piece of metal in the middle of the foot "rides" in the ditch and the eye seems to focus on that rather than the needle. The difference between the 2 feet is that #5 MUST only be used with the needle centered. #10 allows the needle to be moved to the left or right, if necessary.

Looking out the window at Lake Leman in beautiful Switzerland

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