Originally Posted by
wesing
Try feeding your 4-patch through the machine so the seam on top feeds into the machine first. The feed dogs give a little more push and help keep the seams together. Or put another way, the seam in top has the raw edges away from you, and the seam underneath has the raw edges toward you. Does this make sense?
Very much sense. That is how I try to sew all my seams and have gone to great lengths to see to it that they lie that way when going into the needle.