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SueSew 08-05-2011 06:52 AM

Whoa, I had exactly that same problem with the 1/4" foot I got with my brand new Janome. It was just plain flared out at the tip, and I couldn't bend it back, and if I moved the needle over a tick, the stitching line was too small. Totally irritating, so I switched to using a fat zigzag foot with the needle pushed over far as it goes. That and some tape gave me a consistent 1/4" PLUS the benefit of doing so with BOTH feed dogs grabbing the fabric.

I recently bought the Janome foot which has multiple metal attachments - one for 1/4, one for scant and one for separating fabrics to SID. That has a nice unbent 1/4" foot attachment and works great, but only the left feed dogs do any work.

Maybe this is a quirk of the Janome?

Termi 08-05-2011 07:52 AM


Originally Posted by SueSew
Whoa, I had exactly that same problem with the 1/4" foot I got with my brand new Janome. It was just plain flared out at the tip, and I couldn't bend it back, and if I moved the needle over a tick, the stitching line was too small. Totally irritating, so I switched to using a fat zigzag foot with the needle pushed over far as it goes. That and some tape gave me a consistent 1/4" PLUS the benefit of doing so with BOTH feed dogs grabbing the fabric.

I recently bought the Janome foot which has multiple metal attachments - one for 1/4, one for scant and one for separating fabrics to SID. That has a nice unbent 1/4" foot attachment and works great, but only the left feed dogs do any work.

Maybe this is a quirk of the Janome?

It must be. My 1/4" foot that is flared out at the end came
with MY new Janome. I did have some success by moving the needle. Thanks for your post.

EagarBeez 08-05-2011 07:54 AM

I follow my pressure foot and it works great for me


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