Quilting And Piecing Quilts; Decorative Stitch Tie Quilting - Viking Designer I User Manual

Quilting
No one really knows when quilting began. Many
Eu ro pe an immigrants brought the technique to
Ame ri ca where patchwork quilting fl ourished.
The English aristocracy pieced scraps of ele gant
fabrics with beautiful hand embroidery for
Cra zy Quilting. Quilts were functional and com-
memorative.
Today we quilt with our Husqvarna Viking to
create beautiful quilts and quilted garments in a
fraction of the time.

Quilting and piecing quilts

Your Husqvarna Viking Designer I will sew
beautiful and functional quilting techniques
quickly and easily.
Piecing
Stitch blocks together quickly and easily with
the pre-programmed scant 1/4" (6 mm) quilter's
piecing stitch.
Fabric: Woven medium cut in two
Touch: Menu E, Quilt Stitches, Stitch E1.
Snap on: Presser foot A as recommended
Sew:
• Stitch the two fabric pieces with the edges
along the edge of the A foot. Quilters call this
piecing the quilt block.
Tip: Snap on the optional Edge Stitching acces-
sory foot with the fl ange on the right side. The
edge of the fabric is guided by the fl ange.

Decorative stitch tie Quilting

Tie a quilt with a single decorative stitch.
Touch: Menu E, Quilting Stitches, stitch E15 and
touch .
• Stitch several diamond stitches about 1"
(25 mm) apart to "tie" the quilt sample.
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Quilting