Originally Posted by cminor
I am doing a ton of half square trianges with my Fons & Porter ruler. LOVE it by the way :)
But because I am chain piecing the ends I put in keep getting caught in the feed dogs. I do lift the foot first - and I don't even put in the side with the sharp point. I don't know what I could be doing wrong. It seems like it is almost better when I go faster but I don't have as much control that way . . any idea's?
Depends on your machine, but try this: DON'T lift the foot between triangles. When you get to the end of one seam, simply stop, and just poke the beginning of the next triangle seam as close to the needle as you can, and sew that one, and the next and next.... You can use a bodkin or wooden skewer to slide it into place.
Just be sure the ends of the seams match up.
If you pin, put them at least an inch in from the ends.
Curiously, the points sew easy this way!