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korners 07-09-2019 05:16 PM

How to make Scant Quarter Inch on home machine
 
Making flying geese and need to know how to make a scant quarter inch....Help‼️

cjsews 07-09-2019 06:07 PM

Just sew a thread or two shy of the seam. Or if you can move your needle position do so a bit to the right

nuevaquilter 07-10-2019 05:10 AM

I found a scant-quarter-inch foot for my Featherweight, and as if by magic, my flying geese have been coming out [nearly] perfect. I found it on a video from The Featherweight Shop that compared 4 different 1/4" feet, including "accurate" and "scant" sizes. The foot has a bumper on the side. Just bump the edge of the seam against it to get a perfect scant 1/4". No eyeballing, no thread-counting. Now I'm going to look for one for my bigger machine.

tranum 07-10-2019 05:25 AM


Originally Posted by nuevaquilter (Post 8275421)
I found a scant-quarter-inch foot for my Featherweight, and as if by magic, my flying geese have been coming out [nearly] perfect. I found it on a video from The Featherweight Shop that compared 4 different 1/4" feet, including "accurate" and "scant" sizes. The foot has a bumper on the side. Just bump the edge of the seam against it to get a perfect scant 1/4". No eyeballing, no thread-counting. Now I'm going to look for one for my bigger machine.

good info !

IrishgalfromNJ 07-10-2019 07:50 AM

Bonnie Hunter uses seam guides on her machines. She makes her own from old credit cards. Here is a link to one of her blog posts on the subject. https://quiltville.blogspot.com/2012...-saturday.html

true4uca 07-10-2019 08:35 AM

I found a 1/4 inch foot at the thrift store to fit my older machine. My DH put it on his grinder and made a scant 1/4 inch foot for me. Yeah it works after he polished it.

misspriss 07-10-2019 11:50 AM

I bought one at my local quilt shop. Check yours out, seems they all carry them. Good luck.

Rhonda K 07-10-2019 01:23 PM

I use this method and don't have to worry about a scant seam. Of course, a ruler is involved but I like this method.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_WElW8sqkuw

Another method.

https://www.generations-quilt-patter...lt-blocks.html


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