1/4" seams on my Janome 12000 -- HELP!!!
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1/4" seams on my Janome 12000 -- HELP!!!
This machine will NOT make a scant 1/4" seam, it makes a dead-on 1/4" seam even when I move the needle all the way to the right. So, if I have a large blocks with lots of pieces, I never end up with a 12-1/2" block. Is anyone else having this problem? And if so, were you able to figure out how to get around the machine's settings? I use the quilting setting and the 1/4" foot, and have also tried in the sewing settings but nothing works. This is a $9,000 machine and they can't give you the option for a scant 1/4" seam? Not good!
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Join Date: Apr 2010
Location: Sunny Arizona
Posts: 476
I have the 11000. The center point for my machine is 3.5 and I move it to 4.1 with the 1.4" foot to get a scant 1/4". I think the center point on the 12000 is 4.5. So I would move it over to 5.1 or so to get the scant 1/4". If you are guiding the fabric through at the same point all the time, I don't understand how the seam would not get smaller as you move the needle over to the right? Good luck. Ann
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Join Date: Mar 2011
Location: in the sticks of PA
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I was taught to use a ruler under the presser foot place it in the exact 1/4 inch position and place a mark, seam guide or painter's tape to mark it where I needed it to be. Always got the scant quarter I needed. I still do this with some of my machines.
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Join Date: Apr 2011
Location: Ontario, Canada
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It is NOT going to stay dead-on 1/4".
If you are feeling so upset, about this, it would only make sense that you speak to your dealer. I am sure there is something that you are missing.
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