Originally Posted by purrfectquilts
I'm sorry you had problems. It might not be just your quarter inch foot. It could be the thread you are using too. If the thread is on the thicker side, you need to be one or two threads shy of the one-quarter inch. This would be enough to make the difference you mentioned.
Using a thinner thread you would only need to be shy maybe one thread width. Quilt patterns call this using a scant quarter inch.
A lot of patterns and pre cut kits are designed using computer programs that do not allow for the thread difference.
Now you see reading posts like this one is interesting to me as a new quilter. I did not know this and have not heard it mentioned before by experienced quilters.
I was told recently by an experienced quilter at our Wednesday sew day "for a non-quilter you sure know alot of stuff about quilting". Little did they know that I come to this board and other sites online and I read and learn stuff like this. LOL