Thread: Singer 221~Stitch length and 1/4 inch foot??????

Keep on playing with Maggie May. You can use a piece of Blue painters tape laid down on the bed of the machine for your 1/4 inch seams. As a suggestion, I use 1/4" graph paper to stitch on when I am trying to determine stitch length or 1/4" settings on a machine that does not have a manual or for reference when I do have a manual. I keep the paper with the manual if I have it or in three ring binder that I keep for my vintage sewing machines. I do think that there is a seam guide attachment that can be used with your 221. It screws onto the bed of the machine. Check your attachment box if you got one with your machine. I know, you are going to ask what it looks like. I am going to see if I have one for my 221 and take a picture for you amd post. If not I will take a picture of one from another machine.

Originally Posted by pinkberrykay

Is this the seam guide???

Nope. Let me get off this computer and find an example for you. Be back soon.

Originally Posted by pinkberrykay

Is this the seam guide???

That one is your quilting foot...the seam guide (Caroline's going to show you) is going to be a "T" shaped, basically flat piece of metal that has a bend at the end of it that your fabric will butt up against as you sew. It'll have a slot in it where the screw goes to adjust the seam width.

Originally Posted by pinkberrykay

Your AWESOME Caroline

First pic should be of a Singer seam guage, the "T" shaped one. It was not in the box of attachments that came with my 221. It came with my 1911 Model 28.

Second pic is of the 1/4" foot and adapter that came with the 221. Note the blue tape? I use it also. I have been using the 1/4" feet, they come for both long and short shank, for a long time.