What's your technique? Stabbing or Sewing?

jadely · Post by **jadely** » Fri Dec 23, 2011 8:33 am

I have now attempted the sewing technique... and I fell flat on my face. I'm notorious for getting knots in my thread, and it happened with every stitch.

Maybe it's because I'm a control freak/cloth sadist, but I enjoy the stabbing method. Neater stitches. Less knots. I can pretend it's someone's face if I'm mad....

dark_king999 · Post by **dark_king999** » Fri Dec 23, 2011 6:49 pm

I tried the sewing way myself, but just couldn't do it. My mom did it easily, but I also watched her untangle far more knots than I ever had to deal with!

Laialda · Post by **Laialda** » Fri Dec 23, 2011 9:16 pm

Okay, after seeing all the comments about it being faster I decided that instead of trying the sewing method myself, I would just time me work to see how many stitches I could do in an hour. My results? I'm averaging about 150. Piercing method is good enough for me

tnitnetny · Post by **tnitnetny** » Sat Dec 24, 2011 6:06 am

I tried the sewing method last night, and I don't know if it is because I am used to hand embroidery and hand sewing, but it was super easy for me. I was able to almost double my speed and didn't have any problems with knots. I think I am going to become a sewer!

Eliste · Post by **Eliste** » Sat Dec 24, 2011 6:54 am

I'm a sewer. Probably comes from the rest of my embroidery, but I get frustrated with finding the backside hole with stabbing. I'm all about efficiency! And sewing is way more efficient.

kuja.girl · Post by **kuja.girl** » Sat Dec 24, 2011 11:35 pm

Haha that's great...
I normally stab but the sewing method is much faster for long rows, and if you do it right, you can keep your thread REALLY neat and flat. So iguess I'm a combo sewer now.

Myu · Post by **Myu** » Sun Dec 25, 2011 4:48 am

I'm a stabber! And I think I can work pretty quickly too.
And the sewing technique doesn't seem to combine very well with a hoop.

RMDC · Post by **RMDC** » Sun Dec 25, 2011 6:53 am

I've never tried the sewing technique - just thinking about it feels weird. Like holding the phone to the wrong ear.

gamerwolff · Post by **gamerwolff** » Sun Dec 25, 2011 7:59 am

Myu wrote:I'm a stabber! And I think I can work pretty quickly too.
And the sewing technique doesn't seem to combine very well with a hoop.

or a q-snap for that matter! I am a stabber for sure but I am prettty fast at that method....but I can see using the sewing method for certain things especially if you are a lap stitcher meaning you just keep it in your hands while you stitch instead of using a hoop!

gamerwolff · Post by **gamerwolff** » Sun Dec 25, 2011 8:00 am

RMDC wrote:I've never tried the sewing technique - just thinking about it feels weird. Like holding the phone to the wrong ear.

hahahaha! this made me lol! I feel the same way!

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