Comments on: How to Sew a Perfect Quarter-Inch Seam for Quilting https://newquilters.com/how-to-sew-perfect-14-seam-quilting/ Quilt patterns, tutorials, and inspiration Wed, 20 Jul 2022 18:56:27 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.1 By: Christine Mann https://newquilters.com/how-to-sew-perfect-14-seam-quilting/#comment-34916 Tue, 31 May 2022 12:07:01 +0000 http://quiltersdiary.com/?p=1195#comment-34916 In reply to Richard.

It seems like high time for American sewing to go metric, too, but I’m not holding my breath. I do wish sewing machine makers would make better 1/4″ feet that would really guide the fabric so the seam allowance is a perfect scant quarter inch.

]]> By: Richard https://newquilters.com/how-to-sew-perfect-14-seam-quilting/#comment-34896 Sat, 28 May 2022 16:02:06 +0000 http://quiltersdiary.com/?p=1195#comment-34896 Sewing machines seem to be designed to fight you against making that perfect quarter inch seam allowance. Neither of my two Brother machines, nor my BabyLock, have a needle position where the rightmost feed dogs engage the fabric stack when sewing a 1/4 inch seam. The BabyLock (Jazz II) advertises itself to be a quilting machine – and it does that beautifully, except for this one flaw – the machine fights me every step of the way to getting that perfect 1/4 inch seam allowance. Maybe the world would be a better place if we changed that 1/4 inch standard to being 1/3 of an inch, or, dare we, 1/2.

]]> By: Eileen Spear https://newquilters.com/how-to-sew-perfect-14-seam-quilting/#comment-34015 Sat, 22 May 2021 12:17:00 +0000 http://quiltersdiary.com/?p=1195#comment-34015 In reply to Judy Mcleod.

Judy I to had that problem, I used a sharp blade to slice the guide that is on the bobbin in front and in back if the cover this way I still had my full guide but could change the bobbin with ease. Hope this helps
Eileen

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