UTILITY STITCHES ——————————————————————————————————————————————————
Appliqué, Patchwork and Quilt Stitching
The stitches that can be used for sewing appliqués, patchwork and quilts are described below.
Stitch Name
Pattern
7
Attaching appliqués (center baseline/
reverse stitching)
Zigzag stitch
60
Appliqué quilting, free-motion
quilting, satin stitching
19
Attaching appliqués
Appliqué
stitch
61
Attaching appliqués and binding
Piecing straight stitching (with a seam
57
allowance of 6.5 mm from the right edge
of the presser foot)
Piecing
straight
stitch
Piecing straight stitching (with a seam
58
allowance of 6.5 mm from the left edge
of the presser foot)
22
23
Joining
Patchwork stitching
stitch
24
Mock hand
59
Straight stitch quilting that looks hand
quilting
quilting
stitch
62
Quilting
Stippling
stippling
88
Application
Stitch Width
Stitch Length
[mm (inch.)]
[mm (inch.)]
Auto
Manual
Auto
3.5
0.0–7.0
1.4
(1/8)
(0–1/4)
(1/16)
3.5
0.0–7.0
1.4
(1/8)
(0–1/4)
(1/16)
3.5
2.5–5.0
2.5
(1/8)
(3/32–3/16)
(3/32)
1.5
0.5–5.0
1.2
(1/16)
(1/32–3/16)
(1/16)
5.5
0.0–7.0
1.6
(7/32)
(0–1/4)
(1/16)
1.5
0.0–7.0
1.6
(1/16)
(0–1/4)
(1/16)
4.0
0.0–7.0
1.2
(3/16)
(0–1/4)
(1/16)
5.0
2.5–7.0
2.5
(3/16)
(3/32–1/4)
(3/32)
5.0
0.0–7.0
1.2
(3/16)
(0–1/4)
(1/16)
0.0
0.0–7.0
2.5
(0)
(0–1/4)
(3/32)
7.0
1.0–7.0
1.6
(1/4)
(1/16–1/4)
(1/16)
Presser
Foot
Manual
0.0–4.0
(0–3/16)
0.0–4.0
(0–3/16)
1.6–4.0
(1/16–3/16)
1.0–4.0
(1/16–3/16)
0.2–5.0
(1/64–3/16)
0.2–5.0
J
(1/64–3/16)
0.2–4.0
(1/64–3/16)
1.0–4.0
(1/16–3/16)
0.2–4.0
(1/64–3/16)
1.0–4.0
(1/16–3/16)
1.0–4.0
(1/16–3/16)