Originally Posted by
lfletcher
Scant 1/4" seams drive me crazy. I sew everything with my 1/4" foot. The only exception is if I'm involved in a block exchange and they have asked me to use a scant 1/4", then I try my best. I just don't get the reasoning. As far as I know, there is no such thing as a scant 1/4" foot for any machine.
This routine scant 1/4" just seem ridiculous, to me. For years and years, quilters used 1/4" seams and as long as they made the seam properly, things turned out fine. Points were right where they should be, etc. Fact is, it doesn't really matter what size seam you use, as long as you cut your pieces exactly and sew your seams consistently. I can understand using it with HSTs, as it's easier to reduced the seam allowance, than to cut the block that fraction of a millimeter larger.
Perhaps, with the increased popularity of rotary cutters, some people have lost the skill to cut accurately.