Tool for scant 1/4" seam
#11
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Join Date: Sep 2011
Location: Duluth MN
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RAChhap - thanks I love your idea. I'll have to try it cause I have a hard time sewing straight lines. After all these years, that's still my biggest challenge!! A quilt teacher taught me to use the lines on an index card because they're 1/4". She said sewing on the line was a 1/4" and sewing just to the right of the line was a scant 1/4". I tried it and measured and sure enough she was right. But my problem was sewing a straight line so the whole seam was consistent. Stick of gum here I come!
#12
I just measure and use painter's tape. Easy to put on, easy to take off, not expensive, keep it in my sewing drawer, it is right there when I need it and it is big enough to grab it without looking!!!!! More people think of more things to buy and use, when, with a little bit of female ingenuity and brains that the Good Lord gave us, we can do anything for practically nothing!!!!!! Besides, I think it is a lot more fun to figure this stuff out for myself. Holy cats, painter's tape, orange stick, tweezers - I haven't paid anything for any of that stuff (well, we had the painter's tape from before - now that we are done painting, it's mine!!!!!!) Edie
#13
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#14
I have finally found the solution that works for me. First, use the correct foot for your machine. I was using the "A" foot instead of the 1/4" foot I had purchased and misplaced! Then I cut a piece of mole skin about an inch wide and 1-1/2 inches long and put it right up against the 1/4" foot. I can finally sew a consistent seam!
#15
Edie, me too, me too! I keep a roll of painters tape handy for seam allowances and for marking straight lines on a quilt perfectly spaced, leaves no residue...can also roll it up and use the sticky side to pick up all those loose threads from ripping out seams...love it!
#18
I just discovered this site that has this tool for the dreaded scant 1/4" seam. It is $11.95.
Just thought I'd pass this on I,m going to order one ASAP.
Elaine
http://www.guidelines4quilting.com/purchase.html
Just thought I'd pass this on I,m going to order one ASAP.
Elaine
http://www.guidelines4quilting.com/purchase.html
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