Originally Posted by
TanyaL
If you start with the needle down, is the needle down through the fabric or down next to the edge of the fabric?
It is down in the fabric where you want the first stitch to be. Usually if I am chaining, the first piece is started 1/4inch from edge, then reversed stitch to edge, then forward to insure it does not push the edge of the fabric down into the throat plate.
