Originally Posted by winding_branch
I was looking at a book today online & it say's you need a sewing machine with a 1/4" foot??
They may have meant that a 1/4" foot can make sewing the 1/4" seams easier, or that the instructions and samples are based on that setup.
Any sewing maching with a straight stitch can be used to sew the blocks and the tops.
You may want to do a little search on "sewing machines" on the QB as this topic is discussed regularly and there are some really good recommendations in those threads.