Ok, let's be honest
#151
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Join Date: May 2008
Location: MN
Posts: 24,646
My seams are "close enough" so that the unit or block ends up to be approximately the size I'm trying for.
My tolerance - after pressing - is about plus or minus 1/8 of an inch.
Perfect? No. Is the end result satisfactory? Usually.
Some fabrics are easier to handle than others.
It's a bit like learning to drive a car - after a while one learns where one is in relation ro the road, etc.
Practice and knowing one's machine also help.
My tolerance - after pressing - is about plus or minus 1/8 of an inch.
Perfect? No. Is the end result satisfactory? Usually.
Some fabrics are easier to handle than others.
It's a bit like learning to drive a car - after a while one learns where one is in relation ro the road, etc.
Practice and knowing one's machine also help.
#152
Junior Member
Join Date: Jul 2010
Location: virginia
Posts: 171
I asked my land lady. She does alterations curtains quilts.well everything! She says she puts a straight edge under the presser foot.(machine off and unplugged!!!) once the edge is lined up where she wants it 1/4 inch she draws a line with a pastel permanent marker all the way across the sewing bed. She says it keeps her from "veering across the field". She talks sewing like she drives a car. "Follow the road child!"
#153
I also have problem with straight stitching. I've learned to adjust my work to my disabilities. For example, my first rotory cutter came with a guide arm that allows me to increase or decrease a seam allowance up to or down to an inch. I use a number two pencil to draw quarter inch lines on my fabric when I'm sewing by hand. We all do what is necessary to make our projects come out right.
#154
Isew fairly straight seams and sew at a medium pace sewing a little bit faster on large blocks. Its the star blocks that I have yet to master-seems like I cannot get those to line up right to save my life.
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