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Hi. I am new. I found the board because I was looking for ideas on making quilted seat covers for my dining room chairs.

I have made several bed sized quilts and I am mediocre at best and laughably bad at worst. My main quilt piecing downfall is the 1/4 inch seam.

I am awed by skilled quiltmakers.

Hello and welcome from Kentucky.

Howdy and welcome, from a fellow Texan! :)

Welcome from Beautiful Arizona. I used to live in Austin ( stationed at Bergstrom AFB). Love the area.

I know just what you mean by the 1/4 inch seams, but my 1/4 inch foot that came with my machine does the trick. There are lots of ways to maintain the 1/4 inch seam allowance, so experiment to see what works best for you. Looking forward to seeing your work soon.

:) welcome from se TX

Thanks for the welcomes!

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I use a 1/4 inch quilting foot too, but I found out on my latest quilt that I needed to be watching the line on my stitch plate (which is tiny!) and not the edge of that foot. None of my blocks came out the right size and I have to square them down to 12 instead of 12.5 inches.

I guess it is mathematically easier to design blocks and cut fabric with increments of 1/4, but it seems to me like the sewing machine wasn't designed to make 1/4 inch seam allowances easy to do. Even though my machine is called a "patchwork edition" I think it is meant for garment sewing where a seam allowance starts out larger and is trimmed afterwards.

Hello and welcome from northern California!

Welcome from Minnesota and happy quilting :)

Hello and welcome from The Woodlands, TX.

[QUOTE=jaspersu;5340551]Hi. I am new. I found the board because I was looking for ideas on making quilted seat covers for my dining room chairs.

I have made several bed sized quilts and I am mediocre at best and laughably bad at worst. My main quilt piecing downfall is the 1/4 inch seam.

Some machines offer 1/4" foot - makes it alot easier.