I need some help with Scant 1/4"
01-13-2010, 04:25 AM
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When I first started to learn to quilt, I read some where about a 1/4 in foot for my Janome. I am not sure if it is a scant 1/4 or not but I use it for all my quilting.
I did try a pinwheel quilt and most of the points came out great.
I did try a pinwheel quilt and most of the points came out great.
01-13-2010, 06:07 AM
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Why is a scant quarter inch better than a regular quarter inch? If you use the same seam allowance throughout, it shouldn't matter. In my NTBHO. There's no way I could switch back & forth. It would not only drive me nuts (well, nutsier! :lol: ) but it would totally screw up whatever I was working on. As long as you are consistent, it should all come out right.
01-13-2010, 06:09 AM
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Odessa thanks so much for the great post, i have the same situation as you w/ not wanting to buy another foot and I am using a older straight stitch machine and your explantation helps me so much.
thank-you
dee
thank-you
dee
01-13-2010, 06:12 AM
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Gaigai I so totaly agree and as I keep trying to learn I get frustrated. I keep thinking as long as your seams are accuate you should be ok, but that being said I think the more you get into quilting more detailed patterns it is going to make a differance.
Thanks to all the seasoned quilters for their patiences in posting.
dee
Thanks to all the seasoned quilters for their patiences in posting.
dee
01-13-2010, 06:42 AM
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My Juki TL98QE has a 1/4" compensating foot and that is what I use and the blocks turn out how ever they turn out and I figure if I don't tell anyone the size the quilt is suppose to be they won't know if it is or not. I give most of them away and I figure they can't be choosy.
01-13-2010, 06:51 AM
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Originally Posted by Jingleberry
My Juki TL98QE has a 1/4" compensating foot and that is what I use and the blocks turn out how ever they turn out and I figure if I don't tell anyone the size the quilt is suppose to be they won't know if it is or not. I give most of them away and I figure they can't be choosy.
LOL, love your philosophy!!! You go girl!
01-13-2010, 10:04 AM
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I didnt bother with the size either until I joined a group of quilters and we each made blocks for a quilt for wounded soldiers. The blocks all had to be a certain size so I played with my needle position on blocks until I got the blocks to come out the right size.
On my machine I had to set my size to 3.0 even though it had a 1/4 inch setting built in.
On my machine I had to set my size to 3.0 even though it had a 1/4 inch setting built in.
01-13-2010, 07:32 PM
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When you use the scant 1/4 " seem how do you keep your
seems from all the materal fraying after washing your quilts
and end up with your blocks coming lose? It just doesn't seem like a scant 1/4 inch would hold together for very long
to me.
seems from all the materal fraying after washing your quilts
and end up with your blocks coming lose? It just doesn't seem like a scant 1/4 inch would hold together for very long
to me.
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