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LAQUITA
2) For letting me know that about a single hole (stitch) plate for my sewing machine - piecing is so much easier now.
Can some one please share with me what this is? How is it different than the regular plate, I meam what kind of a differnece does it make in piecing? Thanks in advance for the help ladies.
The Janome machines (don't know about other brands) have a single hole stitch plate where the needle can only be placed in the center position. This keeps the machine (and the wide feed dogs) from eating fabric when you are piecing -- especially at the beginning. You can also use a scrap of fabric to start sewing on before you start piecing (these are variously called sew-ons, sew-offs or leaders and enders.