Shemjo

I try not to push my fabric up against the edge of my foot and that seems to work better for me. It is much easier to trim a piece down than to make it larger! :lol:

bearisgray

interesting -

i was just thinking it was interesting on how much some us rely on our 1/4 inch presser foot - and how many instructions say to "sew a SCANT 1/4 inch seam"

For my purposes, my older Pfaff has a stitch selector - it's #1 - where I can move the needle to 13 different positions. It's probably only a couple of threads difference on each position, but it makes a difference, and I set it on 2 going to the right.

On the Singer 237, the presser foot that came with works perfectly.

I did buy the 1/4 inch presser foot for the Pfaff, but I seem to get better results with changing the needle position.

I think with practice, most of us learn what works for us -

I do the graph paper check now and then just to see if I'm still "on"

LindaR

I even sew scant 1/4 on the line down the middle...lots of fudge room :?

BlueChicken

I don't get the scant thing either. Everytime I've tried it I've blown it, I stick with a plain old quarter inch seam and have never had any problems.

But I do hst the same as klue, drawing a line on a square, sewing either side, then cutting down the line.

azam

Mark the bed of your machine by taping a stack of credit cards to it just in front of the presser foot. You can also use a stack of sticky notes. I do this for my grand-daughters. They just run their fabric along the edge of the credit cards and ,voila, they sew their scant 1/4 inch. I just need to mention that they are ages 9 and 7.

bearisgray

then I trim around the hst square to make

mar32428

I don't do the scant thing either. All I did was mess up. I use the 1/4" seam. From all I have read, it doesn't matter what seam you use as long as you're consistent. I also cut my pieces bigger so I can trim if necessary.

sewjoyce

I have learned (the hard way) that my 1/4" seam (even when using the 1/4 foot), is always more than 1/4". I have a problem with perception and so where I think I'm sewing, I'm really not. So to solve that problem, I just move the needle closer to the needle. And when I make HSTs, I cut them 1" bigger. Easier to trim down than to try to glue fabric to the edges... :oops:

Rose Marie

I have to use a scant otherwise my blocks are too small.
I even have a setting on my machine for 1/4 inch but have to move the needle over to 3.0 to get a scant.
I have two 1/4 inch feet with the metal bar guide and still have to set for the scant to get the blocks the right size.

LindaR

I hated that metal guide thingie....I broke mine off, it was always in the way :roll: