Just curious - foot with a guide?
#21
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I'm not a big fan of the foot with a guide. I have a seam guide that I just stick on my machine bed that works really well and that is what I use on my straight stitch machines. I *love* knee lifts. Ever since I got my first Bernina, I've been hooked. One of the pleasant surprises about my Juki 2200 mini was that it had a knee lift. I use my left foot on the foot control and right for the knee lift. I've been using my left foot on the foot control so long that I do it even on machines without a knee lift. I have to say that the thread cutter on the Juki is really handy but I don't consider it something I couldn't live without.
#24
I have a quarter inch foot that came with my machine (Elna 740) that I consistently use for my piecing. I also use the knee lift lever and wouldn't be without it. I use my right leg for the lifter and my left foot for the foot pedal. If I go somewhere where I can't use the knee lift, I spend a lot of time trying to use it!
#26
No way could I sew with my left foot. That's probably why I hated my knee lift. I keep a plastic table set up on my left side and the knee lift just gets in the way. I decided to use my 1/4" foot with guide to sew binding on my quilts. For piecing I use either my compensating foot or 1/4" foot that came with my Babylock Jane. It actually sews a scant 1/4". Practice makes perfect and much easier than when I started using it.
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#28
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Join Date: Mar 2012
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The knee lift was hard to get used to, but I can't sew without it now. It's great that I don't have to move my hands off the fabric to raise the presser foot. I can sew with or without the guide fence.
#29
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Join Date: Mar 2011
Location: Central NJ
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My (Viking) machine has a needle setting for a 'scant' 1/4". It's perfect. I did purchase a foot w/guide for it and ended up hating it. Fortunately the dealer returned and refunded that purchase! Don't have a knee lift but don't think I could get used to that feature and/or sewing 'left footed'.
#30
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Join Date: Feb 2014
Location: Davenport, Iowa
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I have 3 Janome Machines, but one is strictly used for quilting tops only. I use my MC6500P Janome for regular sewing, both machines came with multiple feet for different processes....not a good 1/4" attachment in the bunch. I've tried the generic with the side bar for 1/4" seams and to me they are so tiny that I find them totally inaccurate. I'd rather cut my fabric a tiny bit bigger and use a regular foot for seams to make up the difference. Or cut the regular given size and sew with the normal foot and have my project be a bit smaller. At least all my seams would be cohesive. Clear as mud right?? Foot Petal for me.
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