aktbone Posted November 16, 2011 Report Share Posted November 16, 2011 I am confused: 1) What is the difference in the Quilt Glide and Stitch Regulator? 2) How do I turn on the Quilt Glide? I have a 2011 Milli. The video shows a knob on the front of the machine but I do not have a knob. 3) When stitching with either QG or SR do I change the stitch length? When do you change stitch lengths? Thanks t Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deb2bie Posted November 16, 2011 Report Share Posted November 16, 2011 Quilt Glide is turned on by a knob on the front like you said. If you don't have a knob, you don't have QuiltGlide. It is an option. The difference: SR regulates the length of your stitch. You can choose what length between 7 & 15 stitches per inch. Quilt Glide is a function that will turn on or off your SR so you can do (as an example) little stippling around a feather and then when you are ready to use the SR again when you start moving faster, it will kick back in. Changing the stitch length is pretty much a personal preference thing. No quilt police!! Some people like to stitch at 7 for everyday quilting, some 9 or 10. It depends on the look you like. When doing small stippling, or any miniature design, you will probably want to increase the number of stitches per inch. This will make smoother curves. I recently did some writing of words on a quilt. I noticed that my writing was smoother after I increased the number of stitch per inch. Hope this helps!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
quietlifeaz Posted November 16, 2011 Report Share Posted November 16, 2011 This is what the stitch glide looks like Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
quietlifeaz Posted November 16, 2011 Report Share Posted November 16, 2011 I use it to do things like Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RitaR Posted November 16, 2011 Report Share Posted November 16, 2011 Very pretty quilting. Keep going! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deb2bie Posted November 16, 2011 Report Share Posted November 16, 2011 Very pretty indeed!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DawnCavanaugh Posted November 16, 2011 Report Share Posted November 16, 2011 Tonilyn, Here is a link to a video that APQS has produced which describes the Quilt Glide: http://www.apqs.com/quiltboard/viewthread.php?tid=19623 Hope that helps explain better! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aktbone Posted November 16, 2011 Author Report Share Posted November 16, 2011 Duh - I have the knob! Never noticed it. Thanks for the explaination - you all rock. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
quietlifeaz Posted November 17, 2011 Report Share Posted November 17, 2011 Originally posted by Deb2bie Very pretty indeed!!! Thanks that was my practice piece the first time I tried to do micro work. I had recently watched Irena Bluhm video and took some of her ideas and micro sized them...now to have the right quilt for that intense quilting...I enjoy the micro work way more than huge all over stuff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cblevins Posted November 17, 2011 Report Share Posted November 17, 2011 Geeze, we have had our Millie for over 2 years and had forgotten we have quilt glide! Now we need to play with it I guess. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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