Originally Posted by
Jan in VA
"ONLY a 1/4" seam is correct in quilts."
Actually I subscribe to the Mary Ellen Hopkins dictate of "personal private measurement" -- the position my needle is in closest to the 1/4" mark on MY sewing machine. The machines, Berninas 1031, 830, 807, have one needle position slightly less than 1/4" and one position slightly more than 1/4" (among others). I use them both for different purposes.
My quilts are fine and I've never been "fined" for one.
Jan in VA
Jan, I read about the PPM in Mary Ellen's books years ago and have never worried about an "exact" 1/4" since. I figured as long as the seam is the same throughout that particular project, I'm good. Lordy, if I had to worry about an exact 1/4" I would have quit years ago!