Originally Posted by Lacelady
Originally Posted by american homestead
My first advice would be to get
a 1/4" seam allowance foot for
your machine. This will help with
your accuracy and it just makes it
so much easier. The photo above
is the foot for my machine, I love
the fabric guide on the bottom right,
it makes it sooo easy. These days,
you can get a 1/4" seam foot for all
sorts of machines, even older models.
I must be the only one who doesn't like that guide on the quarter inch foot - I have both, and never use the one with the guide. I prefer to eyeball the 'scant' part, even though I can move the needle over if I wanted.
I don't know why manufacturers don't make a 'scant' foot - all they need to do is to file off a tad - if not, why don't quilters get their DH's to do it for them?
I don't care for the one with the "fence" on it either. I have another one that I prefer that is open and just has a 1/4" marking on it. It seems that I cram the fabric against the "fence" so my seams are somewhat larger than a true 1/4". To each his own.