? re: 1/4" seams and featherweights...
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? re: 1/4" seams and featherweights...
I'm using my featherweight today and I notice the 1/4" is hard to maintain because the marking for the 1/4" is very difficult to see. I wondered what others do to work-around this problem. Is there a seam-guide one could use of the type that screw into the bed of the machine? Or a special foot, perhaps?
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My Featherweight came with the screw in seam guide. You can also buy a 1/4" foot for your machine. A generic one for a short shank machine will fit (5.99 in Canada) or you can buy one with the little metal edge (19.99 in Canada). Featherweights are short shank machines and it isn't hard to get a foot to fit.
#4
If you happen to have a Viking sewing machine, the "ankle" for this machine also fits the featherweight and then use the 1/4 foot for the viking also. Works great for m Featherweight. I tried the seam guide and didn't like it as well as the 1/4 foot.
#5
I have a 1/4" piecing foot and a screw-down seam guide. I actually like the seam guide better. I think it helps to have something longer than the foot to actually put my material against, kind of "no brainer" sewing.
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I use the guide that's attached to the bed with a screw and the 1/4" foot with the little guide. I've found they both work but I like the foot with the guide.
The 1/4" foot with the guide is wider, kind of like a zig-zag foot and seams to work better.
I got the 1/4" foot at Sew-Classic. The bed mount guide came in various and sundry accessory kits we've accumulated over the years.
Joe
The 1/4" foot with the guide is wider, kind of like a zig-zag foot and seams to work better.
I got the 1/4" foot at Sew-Classic. The bed mount guide came in various and sundry accessory kits we've accumulated over the years.
Joe
#10
This is a very nice blog post on a few different ways to find a good 1/4" seam - when I started (before I had a 1/4" foot) I used the moleskin (Dr Scholl's).
http://blog.sewbittersweetdesigns.com/?p=147
http://blog.sewbittersweetdesigns.com/?p=147
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