Elise1

Fat quarters, thanks for the picture, I have that foot and will try it out.

I will also try moving the needle position to .3.

Thanks!

fatquarters

I don't think this one is for applique. I have a different one that is for applique though. I was kinda complaining a bit at my phaff dealer because of the same issues you were having, and they told me this was a new 1/4" foot for quilters to use with the wide feed dogs I looked and there are no #s or markings on it to tell me what it is called
here is a pic of the regular foot and my new foot

Kitsie

I have a foot that should work for you. It is a Pfaff foot for my Exp 3.0. Mine is a straight stitch foot with the "prongs" set for 1/4" seam on both sides.
Here's a link to my post regarding it. The added width over the feeddogs covers them generously! It's wonderful!!

http://www.quiltingboard.com/main-f1...a-t258629.html

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jeanharville

Again thanks to all of you and the photos. Joyce888, thanks for the hint on how to place my fingers as I near the end of the seam, that helped a lot. After looking at my feet again, I noticed I had 2 A0 feet which covered the feed dogs. I removed the clear plastic on the right side so I could see better and use a stiletto when needed. This works great and I can recommend this foot alteration to everyone. I does not harm the foot at all. I used small needle nose pliers to gently loosen the plastic and pull it out. I appreciate so much all of your input.

Gay

I just use the normal straight sew/zigzag foot with the plastic insert, my Pfaff says it's Presser foot OA. If stitching both sides of a line, as in making HSTs, I line up the drawn line with the edge of the plastic/inner edge of prong, and it sews the 1/4" perfectly, and I can sew either side of the line.
Would have posted a photo, but my camera isn't taking a clear pic, and the scanner isn't installed yet, since the hard-drive crashed

Gay

Yea - printer/scanner is finally installed, so here is the foot I use. I marked the stitched line with blue pen, and the needle sits in the middle of the foot.
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FairviewFarm

Pfaff now makes a Perfect 1/4 Inch Foot that has an oval opening so that your needle can be set 1-2 positions left or right of center. You need to use the regular stitch plate if you need/want to move the needle.

There is also the round hole version (for use with a straight stitch plate) either with or without the right guide. I've identified the feet with their part numbers in the photos below. All have the wider left toe to make good contact with the feed dogs. They will work on your Quilt Expression 4.0 or 4.2 as well as many other models.

(The foot with right guide is being used for topstitching.)

Knitette

It sounds as if you have the newer 1/4" foot - as seen on the left - compared with the older one which was wider, seen on the right. However, I believe they've now changed back to the original again..............

This is probably causing confusion as the part numbers are the same! If a dealer had old (or new, lol) stock then you may get the wider one.

One thing I can thoroughly recommend is a straight stitch plate (there's a setting on Tools you can use which prevents you breaking your needle). 'Eating' and 'wandering' fabric is the downside of machines with with a 9mm stitch width.

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Geri B

I wish my babylock had a nice 1/4" foot like any of those shown! It angles wide on the left that does cover feed dogs, but it also catches seam allowance if your crossing one and it's turned upward. I'm thinking of buying the generic little foot.

Bamagal

I agree with the 0.3 setting and I also use the metal 1/4 foot with the guard. I applied a small stip of tape to the machine at the 1/4 mark to extend it down. This allows me to line up my fabric well before it gets to the foot. To keep the 4.0 from eating triangles I switched to the single needle straight stitch plate. ( I just have to remember to switch the plate back if I'm going to use a zig zag stitch. I have the 4.0 machine