Originally Posted by
Cari-in-Oly
This makes sense, the timing sounds right for when sewing machines started going to the wider 7mm zig zag from the 5mm common to the earlier machines. 9mm seems to be common nowadays, and I *think* I've read that new machines are going to 11mm. Holy cow, you'd have to use some heavy stabilizer under a zig zag that wide, and think of how much thread it would use.
Cari
My new Pfaff Quilt Expression 4.2 has a 9mm zig zag. Since its that wide, I can't use the 1/4" foot for piecing quilt blocks, the foot only rides on the left feed dog and it won't sew nicely. I use the regular foot and just move the needle over to where I get a 1/4".
Sharon in Tx