Tip of the Day: Post-It Notes
 

I was watching a Craftsy course with Eileen Roche, and she gave the most awesome tip: use post-it notes as a cloth guide. You just take the bottom note off a pad of post-its and stick the whole pad to your needle plate at whatever distance you need from the needle. (sticky edge closest to the needle of course)

I just tried this out while stitching the channels for a drawstring on a bag and it was pretty awesome, I didn't even have to mark the fabric. I just put the needle down where I needed it, stuck the post-its at the edge of the fabric, hit the start button, and let it go. I just had to do some minimal guidance of the fabric to keep it in line with the edge of the post-its... came out perfectly!

I've heard of people cutting out several layers of masking tape to use as a fabric guide too. Glad to hear that post-its worked so well for you.

Jan in Va had this tip a while back. I find evetually the cloth works it's way under the stack.

I use this with the young girls I teach to sew. The ridge created by the stack of Post-It notes creates a barrier, which is more helpful than a piece of tape or marked needle plate.

I use Command strips. They stay stuck solid but easy to remove with no residue at all.

i have a terrific fenced 1/4" foot, but have also used the stacked post its. if you don't need it for too long of a time, it works pretty good.

I often use 3-4 layers of blue masking tape. Easy to take off when I'm doing something else. I just stick it next to the sewing machine and put it back on when I need it!

I sometimes use a Band-Aid. It's sticky, thick and easy to remove.

Will have to try this. Thanks for the tip.

Very cool, thank you!