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Appliqué, Patchwork and Quilt Stitching
The stitches that can be used for sewing appliqués, patchwork and quilts are described below.
Stitch Name Pattern
Zigzag stitch
Appliqué
stitch
Piecing
straight stitch
Joining stitch
Mock hand
quilting stitch
Quilting
stippling
Memo
Patterns showing a "Q" on the LCD are for
quilting and those showing a "P" are for
piecing.
Application
7
Attaching appliqués (center
baseline/reverse stitching)
Appliqué quilting, free-motion
60
quilting, satin stitching
19
Attaching appliqués
61
Attaching appliqués and binding
Piecing straight stitching (with a
57
seam allowance of 7 mm from
the right edge of the presser foot)
Piecing straight stitching (with a
58
seam allowance of 7 mm from
the left edge of the presser foot)
22
23
Patchwork stitching
24
59
Straight stitch quilting that looks
hand quilting
62
Stippling
Stitch Width
[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)
Appliqué stitching
a
Cut out the appliqué, leaving a seam
allowance of between 3 and 5 mm (1/8 and
3/16 inch).
a Seam allowance
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Stitch Length
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)
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)
1
3