Use Your Sewing Machine Decorative Stitches! Swatch and Stitch!

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leahday.com/products/decorati... It's time to start using our home sewing machine built-in decorative stitches! See how to use the Decorative Stitch Swatcher Template to create swatches of your designs for any sewing or quilting project.
Find the Decorative Stitch Swatcher Template here - leahday.com/products/decorati...
Check out the baby onesie quilt tutorial I mentioned in this video here - leahday.com/blogs/machinequil...
The machine that inspired this new template - the Eversewn Celine - leahday.com/products/eversewn...
I tested many fabric markers with this project and found I liked these heat erase pens best (Affiliate) - amzn.to/3o7kqft Note - ghosting is common with these pens and I don't use them for the final project, only for swatching.
Jump ahead to learn more about the Decorative Stitch Swatcher Template:
00:00 New Template! The Decorative Stitch Swatcher
00:25 Inspiration for this invention
00:55 Why I've struggled to use decorative stitches
01:33 Swatch any fabric or quilt combination to see what your decorative stitches look like
02:14 How to use the Decorative Stitch Swatcher
02:42 Challenge yourself to try out your machine's alphabet!
03:11 Will you need stabilizer? Testing different fabrics
04:06 Record the stitch and settings on the swatch
04:42 How to swatch a quilt sandwich
05:27 My t-shirt baby quilt swatches
06:36 Which fabric marking pen is best for swatching?
08:17 Find this new template at LeahDay.com/Swatch

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@lorim2074 Жыл бұрын

Great idea and using a template to draw the stitch lines is perfect!

@maureennevers9039 Жыл бұрын

I’ve done this for one of my machines - used stabilizer to make stiffer ‘pages’ and grommets for holes to put them 8:35 in a binder album. Love ❤️ referencing it - much more used than I even thought - but if I do it again I’ll do it your way - more portable and less labor intensive. Thanks for this fun video!

@gretroman8235 Жыл бұрын

I like the idea of marking not only the stitch number on each but also the length and width information. And the range of stitches like page numbers on the top right. Small sames of 5 or 6 inches is the perfect size.

@LeahDay Жыл бұрын

I agree, and possibly a * or symbol when the settings listed are the standard or automatic settings set by the sewing machine. I found with my older machines I could manipulate the stitches endlessly, but with newer machines they limit the length and width to not allow the stitch to become so distorted. Lots of fun to play and see what you get!

@stephiepeterson Жыл бұрын

This is a great idea!

@paulabecker7483 Жыл бұрын

I just received all the templates I ordered from you, including this one. I started doing this on my own, but this is an awesome way to do them all alike.

@LeahDay Жыл бұрын

Awesome Paula! I'm so glad you're enjoying your templates!

@dread30329 Жыл бұрын

My template just arrived today. I made two samples. I have mechanical machines so my numbers look a little different. I like it.

@GrrannyH1 Жыл бұрын

Thank you!!! This is a wonderful, easy project that will keep me more organized! I have 2 machines, so for cotton swatches or those with interfacing on the back, I am going to write the name of the machine on the back of the swatch with regular ink or graphite pencil. I guess I could also make all the buttonholes 1 color for 1 machine and a different color for the other machine.

@benubhalla9550 Жыл бұрын

thanks you for sharing this great idea !

@enochisaac8816 8 ай бұрын

Beautiful sewing❤❤❤❤❤

@vickirobles3406 Жыл бұрын

Gosh, Leah, once again it has been ages since I have left you a note or even watched you. Was sick for 2-1/2 years and then didn't watch too many of my favorite lives. I want to do that again and loved this video and want to order this. Let me know, please what days and times you go live!! Peace, love and many blessings to you and your family!!! Vicki Robles

@LeahDay Жыл бұрын

Hi Vicki - I don't do lives, but post as regularly as I can. Right now I'm sharing new videos on Tuesday, with additional videos on Thursday and Sunday if I can fit them in. I'm so glad you're feeling better and getting back to quilting!

@cheriberi934 6 ай бұрын

Just ordered the template. What stabilizer and thread (top and bottom) do you recommend for decorative stitching on garments?

@LeahDay 6 ай бұрын

This is something to play with and I recommend checking to find the stabilizers you can locate in your local area. I used French Fuse because it's what I have on hand, but it's not a common stabilizer and is sometimes hard to find. As for thread, this is also something to play with. I use Aurifil 50 weight Mako cotton for piecing and it looks beautiful when stitched in decorative stitches. For quilting and embroidery, I use Isacord 40 weight polyester thread and it's also a great choice. You can find the threads I mentioned here: leahday.com/collections/quilting-tools

@ladyd54 Жыл бұрын

Leah try using a chalk pencil for your markings.

@LeahDay Жыл бұрын

That's a great suggestion. I'm just not a fan of the dust residue of chalk. The heat-erase pen worked well for this project, but as I mentioned in the video - ONLY this project. I wouldn't use it any other time.

@stephm281 Жыл бұрын

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@izziey17 4 ай бұрын

I really like this idea. May I ask why you didn't wash the swatches? It seems like that would be important if you plan to wash the finished product.

@LeahDay 4 ай бұрын

You're welcome to add that to your testing process as well!

@Fattiapples 4 ай бұрын

I’m going to purchase my first sewing machine and didn’t realize the size of decorative stitches. If a sewing machine is max 7mm and 5mm does that mean the largest a decorative stitch will be is 7mm high? Is that where a 9mm machine comes into play to do larger decorative stitches for quilts and designs ?

@LeahDay 4 ай бұрын

Yes, you have your understanding correct. 5 mm wide feed dogs limits your decorative stitch WIDTH to 5 mm. If you get a machine with 9 mm wide feed dogs, you will get much more complex, wider designs. The downside with wider feed dogs is they don't always compensate for the wider spacing. I have sometimes struggled to piece with machines with wider feed dogs if the patchwork foot isn't off set to push the fabric further to the right and onto the feeding mechanism.

@Fattiapples 4 ай бұрын

@@LeahDay got it thanks! 🙏

@maryzcorner 12 күн бұрын

I went to check out your site but b/c I am in Canada it wouldn't let me see your product. I understand that you don't ship outside of the USA but a lot of us Canadian's order things just on the otherside of the US and we go across the border to pick them up. I have family there and send things to my moms and get them when I visit. I suggest to change your website to let us see what you are selling and just warn us that you don't ship outside of the US. I hope this helps and encourages you.

@LeahDay 11 күн бұрын

Hi Mary - if you’d like to see our products, simply change the currency in the upper right corner to USD. While I wish we could serve everyone, it’s just not possible anymore we have had to change our site and block foreign orders. Thank you for your understanding.