spaced stitches

[esj11978]

Hi! I am new to quilting and I am a little stumped on the amount of stitches you need per inch while quilting. I heard that it depends on the batting. Can anyone help me with this? Thank you!!

[norwich]

Do you mean quilting by hand? If so, there's no fast, hard rule. As long as the stitches are evenly spaced, that's fine. Be sure and use a very small quilting needle, like a size 10.

[Chrissy1]

Im so glad that you asked this question. I am a "self taught/fairly newbie" at quilting and I was wondering the same but for a sewing machine?

[SharonG/FL]

Chrissy1, When piecing, I use the '2' placement on my machine.

[sewbug]

You can use Tiger Tape to give you guide to keep your hand stitches even. I use it when any hand stitching will show. There is many sizes to pick from for almost every type hand stitching.

http://oldmadequilts.com/tiger_tape.htm ... _tape.html

[esj11978]

Thank you for all the input, but I was wondering for machine quilting.

[Pilot2b]

Google machine quilting, as I do not have a clue, since I do it by hand, but will spread my wings one of these moons and try to machine quilt. HA

Helen

[sewbug]

I use the no. 3 setting for machine quilting. I get better results with a little longer stitch.

[CaroleJ]

Pretty much every machine quilting book I have consulted says to use 8-10 stitches to the inch for machine quilting.....BUT each machine is different, so experiment a bit to see what setting gives you the smoothest results.

For machine piecing, making the blocks, you want to use a small stitch, like 15-18 stitches per inch. Makes the quilt more durable.

[esj11978]

Thank you that helps a lot. When I took my quilting class that was never explained to me.