What should I do?
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What should I do?
So been working on a paper foundation string quilt and have been sewing the rows together as I go along. I have just been using the regular pressure foot on my brother sq9050 up until a couple of days ago. Well I decided to try the 1/4 foot and I realized I am much more accurate with the 1/4 foot. I have 100 blocks sewn together into rows and about 100 left to go, my dilemma is do I just put the regular foot back on and do them all with that even though it is not as accurate, or tear out all the stitches and start over? What would you do?
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I'd just put the other foot back on and finish it. As long as all the seam allowances are the same it should match up just fine. You'd just be making a whole lot more work for yourself for no real reason.
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I would put the other foot back on and finish the project. It is more important to be consistant than 1/4 inch seam allowance. The only exception would be if the blocks or sections of a quilt had to be a specified size to fit pre-cut borders etc. You can use the 1/4 inch foot on your next project.
#6
This is a string quilt? a scrappy one or planned? If it is scrappy? I would sew the strings with my 1/4 inch foot and save up a couple rows and sew the blocks together with my reg foot. If its planned, i would do the whole thing with the reg foot. I dont' even change machines for a project. I want consistency, consistency, consistency!
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if it's a string quilt- why not just go ahead & finish the blocks with the 1/4" foot you like better- then trim the first blocks to be the same size as the new ones? or finish up without making changes & remember the new foot for future projects. when i do string quilts i usually need to square up/trim blocks anyway to get them all the same- there is always a little variation as i go along- especially when so many blocks are involved- so i would just trim them all the same size before starting construction- but that's just me...i would never consider taking 100 blocks apart---i may decide to use them for a different project---but i would never take them apart
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