Originally Posted by ghostrider

I have quarter inch feet both with and without a guide for my Bernina. I hate the one with the guide, absolutely hate it. Fabric slips underneath the guide unseen or too far under the foot unnoticed until it's too late. It's so much easier to watch the edge of the fabric as it approaches and goes under any foot without having a guide on it to block that view.

That said, I mostly use the open toe embroidery foot (20) with the needle one click to the right. It gives me a perfect scant quarter inch seam allowance every time...with no edge guide.