1/4" Walking foot????
11-15-2008, 02:03 PM
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Originally Posted by 3incollege
They have 1/4 inch feet for almost all brands this is nothing new.
I have one for my Viking and even one for my Featherweight.
Just ask at your sewing center
I have one for my Viking and even one for my Featherweight.
Just ask at your sewing center
11-15-2008, 02:14 PM
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Originally Posted by bearisgray
Are there lines on your sewing machine- to the right of the feed dogs?
I've been sewing for years and only recently realized that they are guides for seam allowances. On the old Singers I have, they are in 1/8 inch increments, I'm not sure what they are on my 1980's Pfaff.
I've been sewing for years and only recently realized that they are guides for seam allowances. On the old Singers I have, they are in 1/8 inch increments, I'm not sure what they are on my 1980's Pfaff.
11-15-2008, 02:19 PM
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Originally Posted by Abigail
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PS: I see you're looking for a 1/4" Walking Foot. I guess you could use the masking tape or measure the Walking Foot, there may be a mark on it you could use. I seems I've done that before.
PS: I see you're looking for a 1/4" Walking Foot. I guess you could use the masking tape or measure the Walking Foot, there may be a mark on it you could use. I seems I've done that before.
11-15-2008, 07:56 PM
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i don't know about any other machine than my janome 6600 but here is pic of 1/4 inch walking or acufeed foot also , with stitch in the ditch walking foot
1/4" walking foot & stitch in the ditch walking foot.
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11-15-2008, 08:05 PM
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One more thought - can you move your needle position? I have a Janome 6500 and almost always leave my walking foot on. I use the edge of the foot as my guide and move the needle over so that I am sewing a scant 1/4" seam. Works great for piecing and the machine is already set up with the walking foot for machine quilting. Hope this helps.
11-15-2008, 09:24 PM
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I have the same feet as dojo36 for my Janome and use them ALL the time. You can also buy a magnetic fence that will stick to your throat plate. You set it up at 1/4" and guide your fabric along the edge of the guide. This might work for you because it makes a pretty big fence!
11-16-2008, 06:16 AM
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Ladies, all of the photos posted, and many of the descriptions given, are of regular feet, not WALKING feet. A walking foot has built-in feed dogs that advance the fabric from the top in conjunction with the machine feed dogs advancing the fabric from the bottom. It keeps the layers of the quilt sandwich moving under the needle together. It prevents puckers and pulling and is well worth the $70 or so that it costs. It is also called an even feed foot and looks like the one below.
They all have very wide feet and that can be really annoying. You cannot use throatplate guides when the throatplate is covered with quilt and tiny marks, if any, somewhere on the foot are much harder to see than the edge of a foot would be. Thus the desire for a quarter inch walking foot. :?
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They all have very wide feet and that can be really annoying. You cannot use throatplate guides when the throatplate is covered with quilt and tiny marks, if any, somewhere on the foot are much harder to see than the edge of a foot would be. Thus the desire for a quarter inch walking foot. :?
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