Help me find a way to end a perfect 1/4" seem.
09-22-2009, 09:08 AM
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I keep a pretty vase filled with the wooden skewers next to my cooktop. I use them for stirring and poking foods. Just toss, no messy spoon to deal with. I stuck two together in a round piece of styrofoam and put spools of ribbon on it, keeps it neat and easy to dispense. I'm always finding a use for a wooden skewer.
09-22-2009, 11:41 AM
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I got so frustrated Saturday watching Fon's and Porters show. one sewed while the other handed triangles to be sewn into hst's. the lady sewing stopped sewing well before the end point and placed another set of triangles near it and kept on sewing. luckily their machine didn't make the fabric move to one side or the other. lucky!! i hold onto mine till it is in the end and then needle down before i put more in front to be stitched.
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09-22-2009, 11:49 AM
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I lay my finger on the fabric and snugged up to the presser foot. As the fabric moves under it, my finger is sliding along side the foot. It keeps the fabric straight to the end.
Native Texan remember they always say that they do not do their best sewing on TV they are in a hurry for taping purposes, so I wonder if they do that at home????
Native Texan remember they always say that they do not do their best sewing on TV they are in a hurry for taping purposes, so I wonder if they do that at home????
09-22-2009, 10:49 PM
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I used to have the trouble you are having, but with the recent quilt as I was sewing I kept my eyes peeled on the right side of the fabric, to see it stayed straight... the foot gives me the quarter inch seam and I know just where the quarter inch sewing has to be... and where the right side of the material should be... with all of the sewing my eyes don't stray from the right side of the fabric (where it has been cut)... hope this helps you.
09-22-2009, 10:56 PM
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Originally Posted by Lisa_wanna_b_quilter
Everything about my seams got better when I was introduced to the miracle of starch. None of those little ends get away from me so badly now that I starch everything into cardboard.
I sometimes use the end of a pin to help guide the last bit in, I used to veer off at the end as well. Slowing down and paying attention right to the last stitch helped.
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