Help me find a way to end a perfect 1/4" seem.
#1
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Location: Spruce Grove, Alberta
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Hi, Gals.
Help me find a way to end my 1/4" seams dead on. I am 90% a thread or two either right or left of the seam. I will appreciate all the help I can get and I will try all your suggestions.
Quilting Bud, Bernice
Help me find a way to end my 1/4" seams dead on. I am 90% a thread or two either right or left of the seam. I will appreciate all the help I can get and I will try all your suggestions.
Quilting Bud, Bernice
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I'm so dense that I'm not sure what you mean by "end" your seam.
I use the seam ripper to hold the tails when I am coming to the end of the pieces to keep them from twisting and getting off of the 1/4" (if that is what you mean)..I've also used the blud painters tape to but the fabric up against (prior to getting the 1/4" foot).
I use the seam ripper to hold the tails when I am coming to the end of the pieces to keep them from twisting and getting off of the 1/4" (if that is what you mean)..I've also used the blud painters tape to but the fabric up against (prior to getting the 1/4" foot).
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i do the same as sandpat, i use my seam ripper to keep the pieces together as they feed thru.
i also have a 1/4 foot for my sewing machine that has a side plate that keeps the fabric from shifting to the right, i only have to keep the end points together and make sure they don't shift to the left.
i also have a 1/4 foot for my sewing machine that has a side plate that keeps the fabric from shifting to the right, i only have to keep the end points together and make sure they don't shift to the left.
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I've read about getting a throat plate (?) that just has a small hole like the old-fashioned straight-stitch only machines.
I don't know if it works or not.
I think Eleanor Burns always uses a stilleto to hang on to the end of the seam as it approaches the needle.
I don't know if it works or not.
I think Eleanor Burns always uses a stilleto to hang on to the end of the seam as it approaches the needle.
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Location: western Pa
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I also use a 1/4 inch foot and seam ripper to keep to the correct seam width. One thing I've noticed when chain piecing--I tend to reach for the next piece before I get to the end of the piece I'm sewing. This can cause me to "veer off" some. Now I slow down, reach the end of the piece I'm sewing and then grab the next piece to place. Hope this helps-oh, and keep practicing!
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