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Machine Quilting Quick Tip-How to Create Even Quilting Stitches

March 11, 2019
Machine Quilted Bird, Vintage Phone

Hello!? Hello!?

Good Morning, Quilters!

We are settling into our new home here at Lori Kennedy Quilts!  Thank YOU so much for joining us here!

Unfortunately, many of YOU are not receiving email notifications of the new posts.  Rest assured, we are aware of the problem and our developers at Lifted Logic are working to correct the problem. (At least I HOPE they are!)

Mondays are Machine Quilting Quick Tip Days

Every Monday, I will offer a quick tip to improve YOUR free motion quilting technique.

The tips are easy ideas that you will make machine quilting easier or better.

How to Create Even Machine Quilting Stitches

One of the hallmarks of beautiful machine quilting is even stitch length. However, even stitch length takes quite a bit of practice to develop.

One technique that helps is to listen to your sewing machine motor. Try to keep the machine humming at one even speed and move your hands and the quilt to match the speed of the machine.

If the speed of the needle remains constant, it is easier to coordinate your hand/quilt movement.

The best way to tell if the speed is constant, is to listen to the sound of the sewing machine motor.  Try to create a steady hum.  In other words, avoid the revving race car sound.

Machine Quilted Bird, Vintage Phone
Machine Quilting Practice Tip

The next time YOU sit down to quilt (and I hope that is today), try to keep the machine and one constant speed and listen to your machine purrrrrrrrr!

For more machine quilting motifs and techniques, be sure to check out my books (and receive a little treat in every box!)

What about YOU?

Are YOU struggling to keep your machine quilting stitches even?

Do YOU listen to your machine as YOU stitch?

Are YOU a speed demon who likes to rev the engines?

We’d LOVE to hear!

Happy Steady Stitching,

Lori

PS…All tutorials, images and information are the property of Lori Kennedy Quilts. Feel free to reblog, pin or share with attribution to Lori Kennedy Quilts. For all other uses, please contact me at Lori@LoriKennedyQuilts.com.  Thanks!

 

 

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9 responses to “Machine Quilting Quick Tip-How to Create Even Quilting Stitches”

  1. Mary Wolfersberger says:
    March 11, 2019 at 3:40 pm

    Thanks for all the great info Lori!

  2. Anne says:
    March 11, 2019 at 4:06 pm

    Thank you for all that you share to help us become better at what we love to do – sew and quit

  3. Arlene says:
    March 11, 2019 at 4:36 pm

    Thanks for the information!

  4. Nancy says:
    March 11, 2019 at 4:48 pm

    I adjust my machine speed and then press the foot pedal all the way down so it stays consistent. Then I only need to worry about how fast I move the fabric. Thank you for your wonderful tutorials!

  5. Helen Eidt says:
    March 11, 2019 at 5:06 pm

    I love it when my stitches come out nice and even. I find if I relax and try to keep the speed not too fast or too slow, they do come out pretty even.

  6. susan hilsenbeck says:
    March 12, 2019 at 4:20 pm

    I definitely listen to the machine and try to move accordingly.

  7. Barb says:
    March 13, 2019 at 9:41 am

    Frequently, but not always, I achieve the humming machine sound and get the most beautifully even stitches. I usually have the speed regulator set at one of the lowest settings to avoid revving the engine! Thanks for this great tip.

  8. Jo says:
    March 13, 2019 at 1:12 pm

    It is very difficult to find your daily posts on this new site, it was quite by accident that I did today. Since I don’t know how or where who knows if I find them the next time

  9. njjnoah@comcast.net says:
    March 14, 2019 at 3:42 pm

    I always listen to the rhythm of my machine. The change in sound also lets me know when my bobbin thread has run out.

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