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Quilting pieced jellyroll

Vezelay

Quilting pieced jellyroll
« on: May 20, 2020, 14:13:40 PM »
Asking for a novice quilter friend. She has pieced the front something like this
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and thinks stitch in the ditch would be boring. She could do free motion but can you suggest any good alternatives? It's 70x58".
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Iminei

Re: Quilting pieced jellyroll
« Reply #1 on: May 20, 2020, 14:17:04 PM »
Yup  ..... Get the widest Serpentine stitch on her machine and stitch in the centre of each strip

OR

From Dead centre stitch out in a star shap ... ie Horizontal, vertical, 45 degrees and so on and so on ...

How big is it, that might be a factor?

Why doesnt she join?
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Vezelay

Re: Quilting pieced jellyroll
« Reply #2 on: May 20, 2020, 14:42:37 PM »
It's 70 X 68" @Iminei. What's a Serpentine stitch? Do I have one?

wrenkins

Re: Quilting pieced jellyroll
« Reply #3 on: May 20, 2020, 14:44:59 PM »
Serpentine stitch is brilliant. I used it on my bugmugrugs set to longest and widest and it's very effective and dead easy.
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Vezelay

Re: Quilting pieced jellyroll
« Reply #4 on: May 20, 2020, 14:52:22 PM »
Is no.42 it?
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Like this? That's the widest, longest it will go - too small surely?
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wrenkins

Re: Quilting pieced jellyroll
« Reply #5 on: May 20, 2020, 15:09:21 PM »
Mine's a bit less out and in than that but still wider than a straight line.  0_0  Quilting is small. That's why you have to do lots of it.  :( Each of those strips is only 2" wide so that would cover a fair bit of them.
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Iminei

Re: Quilting pieced jellyroll
« Reply #6 on: May 21, 2020, 08:42:11 AM »
I think thats more of a hemming stitch ... a sepentine stitch will look like a wavy line ... a calm day at sea ... that one looks like a storm at sea ... but as with most stitches you can alter the width and length to produce a different looking stitch...

Your machine is a Janome yes ?

Looking at my handbook the serpentine stitch is listed under Quilting stitches (Page 51 of my handbook)
and is Number 11  ...

Take some gash cotton make a small quilt sandwich (ie front, wadding, back) and practice with different lengths and widths ... The Splurgess can go up to 9 mm width, yours will probably only do 7 mm

Make a note of the settings as you go and then you can choose the one you like the best.
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Renegade Sewist

Re: Quilting pieced jellyroll
« Reply #7 on: May 21, 2020, 08:55:40 AM »
I have found that often the higher end/ more expensive a machine is the bigger and wider some stitches are. Especially if it's considered a quilting machine.
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Vezelay

Re: Quilting pieced jellyroll
« Reply #8 on: May 21, 2020, 10:14:02 AM »
There's no serpentine stitch on my Janome then. It's not a quilting model, nor is my friend's. That's Ok as she has decided to do a free motion wavy squiggles pattern (not the official Darksiders' term I'm sure  :)). It's good to know about other options though. I found this YouTube tutorial interesting for possible future use https://youtu.be/e_5fzw2XzTc

Iminei

Re: Quilting pieced jellyroll
« Reply #9 on: May 21, 2020, 10:20:51 AM »
I find that hard to believe @Vezelay Its a really basic stitch ....  Which model do you have?
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Pearl

Re: Quilting pieced jellyroll
« Reply #10 on: May 21, 2020, 11:19:21 AM »
The serpentine stitch is 42 on my Janome.


That's Ok as she has decided to do a free motion wavy squiggles pattern (not the official Darksiders' term I'm sure  :)).

Good choice, friend of Vezelay.  I like squiggly quilting on a quilt with lots of straight piecing.

Vezelay

Re: Quilting pieced jellyroll
« Reply #11 on: May 21, 2020, 13:06:11 PM »
@Pearl 42 is the one I used in my earlier sample that @Iminei said looked more like a hemming stitch. I agree it doesn't  look quite like a Serpentine but it's the only one on my machine resembling it.

My Janome is the DXL603.
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Acorn

Re: Quilting pieced jellyroll
« Reply #12 on: May 21, 2020, 13:51:28 PM »
Can you lengthen the wiggles on stitch 42? 
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Vezelay

Re: Quilting pieced jellyroll
« Reply #13 on: May 21, 2020, 14:40:11 PM »
Can you lengthen the wiggles on stitch 42?

No, that's the length at max -  2.5. Lowering the width to about 3 gives a gentler curve but I think it's just too small all round for a quilt. Mug rug yes.

Iminei

Re: Quilting pieced jellyroll
« Reply #14 on: May 21, 2020, 14:41:47 PM »
Just looked at the manual for the DXL603 and you're absolutely correct which I find a bit odd but such is life!

Case in Point, the Janome 400 hasnt got an openable Face cover or adjustable presser foot pressure which I find very odd for a £500 machine at the time of release ... which is why I quickly upgraded from it!

In the manual (page 39) it says Stitch 20 is a decorative stitch so obviously their version of a Serpentine stitch,

I agree with Acorn that trying to lengthen the stitch length might give a more gentle wave ... try it, noting down the numbers as you go.

SID is not only boring but damned difficult too ... Echoing the seams a walking foots width away is a lovely solution as is crossing diagonals (on Square and Rectangular blocks and more)

Look what a lovely pattern has been made by crossing the diagonals

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and this is the front

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I dont know how old your friends machine is or if its brand new but Janomes certainly hold their value and can be sold on for 50%+ of the retail price if you decide to upgrade in the future.
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