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Originally Posted by danlynmartin
(Post 6218431)
there is a great foot out there for most sewing machines. It is a 1/4 inch foot with a guide. This is a piece of metal that your fabric goes up against and voila you have a quarter inch seam but check your needle position first and make sure it is centered so that you have a quarter inch seam. Measure to be sure.
You cannot do this with a seam guide that is attached to the throat plate. |
The masking tape works, but you might want to try a quarter inch foot, as well. I've found that to be my lifesaver. As others have said, make sure you shorten your stitch length and you shouldn't have any problem with the seams coming out. Good luck!
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Originally Posted by cheryl222
(Post 6216964)
IF your machine is not computerized, I really like these magnetic seam guides. I put it next to the presser foot but sticking out more towards me than even with it. It really helps. Plus, it is important you keep your eye on the material as it feeds into the presser foot rather than watch the needle.
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Originally Posted by Dalronix
(Post 6219223)
Hi Maggieloe,
Australia commenced moving to the metric system in the late 60s. Now I'm only new to sewing and quilting, but so far everything I come across in sewing in Australia - even quilting rulers made in Australia - still use the imperial system. Often fabric will show both metric and imperial with the latter being the most prominent. It's interesting how imperial still rules the sewing world as the US (I'm not criticising your country! :) ) must be close to the last country in the world not to have gone metric. (According to a Google search only the US, Liberia, Burma and the UK still use imperial although the UK is an Imperial-Metric society where metric is slowly becoming the norm.) Here endeth the lesson. :) |
We use the metric system solely in clinical labs and I imagine in all science jobs.
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Are you using good 'quilt' fabric? I wonder if you fabric is a looser weave and it's causing the pulling out.
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Originally Posted by Dalronix
(Post 6219147)
As are the gentlemen on the board! :)
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I'm using the 100% cotton "quilting fabric" from Hancock's & other such stores. I think it was my stitch length & that my 1st "1/4 inch" was actually about 5/8 & my 2nd "1/4 inch" was about 1/8 and too close to the edge. I think I've finally got this thing figured out!
I'm also checking this 1/4 inch each time I sit down to sew now just in case my magnetic guide gets bumped or my needle position gets switched or something. |
In time you will find the way. Can't give you any better advise than those previously, but keep trying. It took all of us to make errors and mistakes ( and we still do) to get better.
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All good advice... When you are just learning it is hard to understand why the 1/4" is so important.. The seam should not be pulling out. I agree you should shorten your stitch length, usually 10 or 12 stitches per in. Practice is the key. And there are lots of free web sites where you can go for excellent help. Utube has lots of great ones.
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