Because most of the time you can find me using the sewing machine, I tried to make English Paper Piecing faster.
I basted the fabric to paper templates with glue and instead of stitching the pieces by hand, I whip stitched them by machine.
I placed the pieces right sides together and stitched the edges with a very narrow and dense zig-zag stitch.
Yes, it was faster than stitching by hand. Not as accurate as the hand stitching; still the stitching looks good. But it wasn’t fun at all!
I can’t believe that I say this, but in this case, I love more the peace of hand stitching than the noise of the sewing machine; I love me more when I see me staying calm and watching a concert than when I struggle to keep the pieces aligned and make the stitching invisible on the machine.
After 12 years of quilting, I became probably wiser! I understand now that “FAST” is not the best word in the world.
But now, I really have to stitch some samples- FAST- by machine!
Geta
PS. I can’t believe this is the 600th post!
there is an old saying: more haste less speed. Which basically means that if you try to go too fast, it will take longer to fix mistakes than it would have to do it slowly and carefully to start with. I find it is often true, especially with my sewing!
The 600th post? WOW! Many, many others posts with inspiration and love! And about machine sewing, I must try and then I'll say you are right!
I agree. There is nothing like taking a few minutes out of a busy day and finding the rhythm of the needle in hand. It sings a genetic song from grandmothers centuries back.
Yah! 600th post, I like doing it better by hand too!
Do you know what kind of machine does a whip stitch?