foot as my guide. That means I can
use this foot on ANY of my sewing
machines and I will get the SAME
quarter inch.
What a huge time saver that is. I love it!
Either way, you MUST figure out the
setting that works for you. If you do
not, you will find yourself ripping and
since you have shortened your stitch
length, it won’t be as easy!
Keep the seam allowances consistent
all the way through the seam. Sewers
have a tendency to let go of the fabric
as they near the end of the seam and
the fabric shifts creating a too small or
too large seam allowance at the end.
Sew to the end of the seam, then stop.
Think of driving a car – once you reach
the end of your driveway, do you take
your hands off the wheel to collect
your things? I didn’t think so!
Now it’s time for you to get to work.
Get some scraps and experiment. This
is not a hard exercise, yet the time and
effort you will save will be huge.
Seam allowance test sample is TOO BIG
See how the fabric is positioned to the left of the
edge of the Quilter’s 1⁄4" piecing foot P
Seam allowance test sample is exactly 31⁄2" – PERFECT
The fabric is right on the edge of the Quilter’s 1⁄4" piecing foot P
Bobbins
A quick word about bobbins. I was
sewing the other day and the Ruby
Royale was making a terrible noise.
The bobbin sounded like it was
jumping out of the bobbin case. I had
visions of the tension going crazy. I
checked the back – no – everything
seemed to be OK. I checked the bobbin and didn’t “see” anything unusual.
I finished the bobbin with it making a
noise the entire time. I switched to a
different bobbin.
AH – I know what the problem was.
The first bobbin I used was OLD and
WORN OUT. Thus it was bouncing
around in the bobbin case and making all that noise. Once I put a NEW
bobbin in, the sewing machine made
no noise.
Top seam allowance is too big
Middle seam allowance is too small
Bottom seam allowance is perfect!
Quilter’s 1⁄4" Piecing foot P
Lesson learned – bobbins do wear
out. If they make noises – ditch them.
Ooops – not hard to tell which bobbin
is the old one! OK – I will go through
my bobbins and throw out the old
ones.
After all these years – I'm still learning.
New bobbin on the left – old bobbin on the right
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