![]() Stitch under the stem again to add the right eye. Stitch under the stem and add a triangle “eye”. From the bottom line, stitch the letter “C” and a short stem. Stitch a short wavy line along the bottom line. In the sample shown here, the lines were 2-1/2 inches apart. To stitch the Jack-O’-Lantern, begin by drawing two parallel lines to serve as guidelines or use seam lines as guidelines. (For more on Machine set-up, see my WeAllSew post, Twelve Steps to Machine Quilting) The top tension is usually lowered to maintain good stitch balance and to create the beautiful, BERNINA stitch. Once the foot is attached, I thread my sewing machine with a slightly heavy thread-40 wt or heavier, and then I stitch a sample to test the tension. There are several foot choices for free-motion quilting, but I prefer the #24 foot-it is open-toed and offset, and allows the best visibility while stitching. ![]() Next, I attach the BERNINA Free-Motion Embroidery Foot #24. I lower the feed dogs, attach the single-hole throat plate and insert a new Topstitch needle. While BERNINAs are known for beautiful stitch formation, I make a few adjustments on my BERNINA 770 Quilter’s Edition to maintain the beautiful stitch while free-motion quilting. Now we can begin a new tradition by quilting our Jack-O’-Lanterns with this adorable new motif! Irish immigrants in the United States found that pumpkins were the perfect fruit to carry on their Halloween tradition. The practice began in Ireland with a folktale about a man named Stingy Jack who tricked the Devil and was cursed to roam the Earth with only a coal in a carved-out turnip to light his way. For hundreds of years, people have been carving scary faces into turnips, potatoes and pumpkins. With Halloween just around the corner, it’s time to carve (or quilt) our pumpkins into Jack-O’-Lanterns.
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