Originally Posted by
MartiMorga
There is a small ruler out there with a hole in it for your needle and that shows you exactly where the scant quarter is - mark it with one of the above mentioned seam guides. Works all the time for lining up your scant 1/4 and keeps you consistent. I have found I do better without using the 1/4 foot now that I do the ruler method.
I too bought a 1/4" foot and later found it wasn't accurate. So now I put a section of multiple layers of masking tape at the scant 1/4" location. It takes a bit of retraining myself when I use this, but it's worth it in the end. I started doing this when exchanging blocks with others, to ensure my blocks would be accurate. If I'm making all the blocks myself, it's not such a big deal, however once you learn how to sew a scant 1/4", why not do it all the time.