Help!!! Strips!!
#1
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Location: South Puget Sound, Wa. State
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I am trying to cut 3 1/2 inch strips...
They are fine.
I sew 3 of them together with a 1/4 inch seam.
Why are they not coming out to a total of 9 1/2 inches?
I am loosing an 1/8th in there somewhere!!!
Heelllppp!!!
Kirsten
They are fine.
I sew 3 of them together with a 1/4 inch seam.
Why are they not coming out to a total of 9 1/2 inches?
I am loosing an 1/8th in there somewhere!!!
Heelllppp!!!
Kirsten
#4
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Location: Los Lunas, New Mexico
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Sew a scant 1/4 inch....move your needle over 1 to the right. That usually works. If that is too much you might need to make a mark on your machine for that scant 1/4". I use a scant 1/4" for all my pieceing.
Connie
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Sew a scant 1/4 inch....move your needle over 1 to the right. That usually works. If that is too much you might need to make a mark on your machine for that scant 1/4". I use a scant 1/4" for all my pieceing.
Connie
Connie
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You need to sew with a SCANT quarter inch, which is about a thread width of your quarter inche seam.. this is because you lose about that much when you press to one side.
You are not doing anthing wrong, just move your seam line over a tiny bit and you will be right on..
You are not doing anthing wrong, just move your seam line over a tiny bit and you will be right on..
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