The directions that come with Texture Magic do not mention anything about stitch length. Most of the samples sewn through out this article, were sewn with the sewing machine at 2.2 stitch length. On the sample shown on this page, the right hand side was sewn with the 2.2 stitch length and the left side was sewn with 5.0 stitch length. There is a subtle difference and does seem to be a bit more bunching when the stitch length was 5.0 which did not hold the fabric down as much as a normal 2.2 stitch length. This sample was also sewn with invisible thread in the bobbin and included two layers of very thin batting.