Originally Posted by jpthequilter
Originally Posted by Pzazz
My machine is sneaking on to 40 years old. Unfortunately it did not come with a 1/4" foot...I checked last week. :( Even to put something on the surface to give myself a 1/4" edge to butt up against is tricky as the 1/4" from my needle is smack in the middle of the right feed dog!!!! My solution was to use a thick piece of cardboard taped to the surface, stopping just in front of the feed dogs. Sometimes you just have to do whatever works on each machine. I suspect if I looked, I could buy a 1/4" foot....but this is cheaper. (Read..more $$$ for fabric. ;) )
Patti
This is going to sound really dumb, but can you move the needle sideways? I mean left - center - right. I have one machine I set the needle to the right, and use a thick piece of tape on my machine as an edge guide.
One other option for marking is to use double sided mounting squares. Cheap at the Dollar store.