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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
Zigzag stitch
60
19
Appliqué
stitch
61
57
Piecing
straight stitch
58
22
23
Joining stitch
24
59
Mock hand
quilting stitch
Quilting
62
stippling
92
Stitch
Application
Key
Attaching appliqués
(center baseline/reverse
stitching)
Appliqué quilting, free-
–
motion quilting, satin
stitching
Attaching appliqués
Attaching appliqués and
–
binding
Piecing straight stitching
(with a seam allowance
–
of 6.5 mm from the right
edge of the presser foot)
Piecing straight stitching
(with a seam allowance
–
of 6.5 mm from the left
edge of the presser foot)
–
–
Patchwork stitching
–
Straight stitch quilting
–
that looks hand quilting
–
Stippling
Stitch Width
Stitch Length
[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
[mm (inch.)]
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)
J
0.2–5.0
(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)