I went on all thing frugal and its for saving money and such. Do you know where you saw this website or what page the post was on. sorry.

I use moleskin purchased in the foot section of the drugstore (extra thick, if they have it). This has adhesive on one side and is about 1/8" thick. I cut it into strips with my ruler and rotary cutter and use a strip as my fabric guide for a scant 1/4".

I like the fabric to completely cover the feed dogs; on my machine I have to move the needle one position to the right for this.

I place a ruler under the needle to measure. Once the side of the ruler is a scant 1/4" from the needle, I put the presser foot down to hold the ruler in place. I also check to make sure the ruler is straight, not crooked. Then I adhere a strip of moleskin to the bed of my machine, using the ruler edge as my guide.

This is how I keep my seams a scant 1/4" and even. I just butt the fabric up to the edge of the moleskin, which creates a little barrier for the fabric.

Pinning and making sure you sew all seams the same.

Cookie

I don't think your hst are right,at least thats the first thing I noticed. Penny

You could mark a piece of tape 1/4" from edge. With needle down place this edge next to needle and apply the tape to machine. I have done this in teaching children to sew a straight seam.

Not necessarily. The sq could be cut on grain but when you sew from top right to left bottom it becomes sewing on the bias This is the stretch of the sq. Any tugging from holding fabric while stitching may cause the fabric to stretch out of shape.

this is what we use for our 8th grade quilting class too...gives them something to look at while guilding the fabric thru

The seam was too deep to begin with. And when sewing these kinds of blocks together, no matter where you are in the process, lay the pieces so you can see the "x" in the seams..you can sew right through the "x" and your points will be good.

I dont understand?

I often use a paper peice template