I love Janome machines, but I hate those quarter inch feet with the blades. Like you, I learned to guage my 1/4 inch on an old Pfaff foot and I never could adjust to the Janome quarter inchers. So I bought a Babylock 1/4 inch foot(ESG-QF) for fifteen bucks and it works like a dream on my Janome. Of course, it doesn't work with the dual feed, but I'm OK with that.