Mark a 1/4" Seam on Your Sewing Machine
ฝัง
- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 3 ธ.ค. 2024
- We're all a little too addicted to that 1/4" foot, but in most cases, it is not the best way to get a consistent 1/4" seam. Follow these suggestions to form a perfect 1/4" seam every time.
For free tutorials and program info:
www.sewingdoca...
The Ideal Seam Gauge & Guide:
www.sewverysmo...
It's so nice to see quilting being done on a featherweight. I quilt beautifully on a 99k, and it's getting too common to see quilting channels with overdone computerized machines. Thank you xo
Thank you sooo much for this. As a beginner quilter, I was getting frustrated with my 1/4" seam allowance. I have that same 1/4" foot with the guide. When you were talking about your issues with that foot, it was like a bell went off. It made a lot of sense. I love the idea of the post it notes. Thank you again. Your explain everything so nicely.
Glad it was helpful!
Thank you dear girl! Great to see your vintage machine; it’s gorgeous!
Marilyn
I recently discovered post it index cards. They are longer and thicker than post its. They make a firmer guide for a 1/4" or any other measurement you need.
How did you keep it on the machine?
@@valeriehofmann2615- I presume they are sticky, like as shown in the tutorial
So happy for you in all of your new endeavors. God is showing up and showing out for you. So happy for you and your family.
I love the post it note method! Thanks for sharing!
To make putting the needle in the gauge more easily I wonder if you could lift up the gauge and slide it around until the needle finds the hole instead of trying to put the needle down the hole. Just a thought.
I've used the tape method and just stack a few layers on top of each other. I don't go to the bother of trimming the edge and I can go all the way to the front of the extension table if necessary. Works great. I've also used the little magnetic seam guide and that works great too. I do like the 'cut out' on the one she's showing ... I think I'll give that a try too.
This video popped up in my recommended and I feel I have to comment.
If only it were this easy. As a seamstress, I have found that my seam allowance is not only dependent on my edge guide/needle position but also on the fabric and the thickness of thread used. Thicker thread takes a bigger fold of the fabric when the seam is folded open/back in a constructed block, thinner thread obviously less, so a one size scant 1/4" guide does not fit all. Thicker fabric with thicker thread, thicker fabric with thinner thread, thinner fabric with thicker thread, thinner fabric with thinner thread. All the variables need to be taken into account.
I was taught to always test and measure the seam allowance. For scant 1/4" for example, by sewing 2.5" strips together, then pressing open and measuring. You want your finished strip to measure exactly 4.5" wide. Only then will you know you have the perfect guide setting/needle position for your chosen fabric and thread.
A seamstress taught me to always take into account the variables (fabric,thread) and that advice has been invaluable throughout the years, whether it be for wedding suits or quilts.
Hi Diane, I absolutely agree with you. The reason this video was made was is because I teach a lot of classes and so many of my customers and students rely on just a 1/4" fit for their seam allowance and were frustrated by their results. Getting them to move away to a simple and more accurate method isn't usually easy, but it's been a huge help. I will do another video with more detail on scant seams and other complex components for precision classes. Thank you for your comment!
I have taught your blue tape technique many times, except I first layer 5 or 6 layers of tape, one on top of another on a cutting mat, then using a rotary cutter cut a nice stright line through all the layers. The multiple layers of tape are a bit easier to run your fabric next to rather than one layer.
Awesome tip! I love the Post-a-Note method. Game changer! ❤
The post it noted is so smart. Thanks!
Thank you so much. Your comments are very helpful.
Blue painter’s tape. It won’t damage the finish on your sewing machine and easily peels off without gummy residue. Just measure with your seam guide from needle to right edge your preferred seam width.
Love that post-it note tip! Awesome!
I bought a repositional sticky seam guide from Nancy notions and it is thick so keeps even thick fabric lined up.
Just the solution I was looking for! Post-it it is for me too!!
I've been so discouraged by my inability to achieve a 1/4" seam no matter what I tried! Your video has solved the mystery for me. After using the Ideal Seam Gauge as you demonstrate, I discovered that the "1/4' quilting foot" that came with my machine was what was throwing everything off, BECAUSE... using that foot requires moving the needle over or the needle could not go through the foot opening. (It doesn't say anything about it in my machine book.) So, I was following the 1/4" guide on the metal plate, and after measuring it properly as you show, it's clearly 1/8" off! Now with the proper measurement and using the post it note edge to guide the fabric, it's finally giving the correct 1/4" seam... FINALLY! Bless you. Bless you!
Very thorough video, no nonsense -- just the facts. Thanks!
Fantastic information. Thank you so much
Great video!
Magnetic fence guide!
What is magnetic fence guide❓thanx
Really helpful!! Thank you. The Post-It note tip is great.
Glad it was helpful!
Great advice. Thank you.
Loved this
Great video, helpful advice!! 🧵❤️
thank you so much for your information it all helps to get going as iv some way yet.
very helpful...thank you
super super helpful. thank you.
thanks for the great tips
You bet!
Very helpful!
My guides on my machine are wore down. Can I use this on on them.the post notes? Thanks.
If you can snatch one from a local kid, a long, rectangular Leggo piece with 2-sided tape works very nicely. 😏
Oh, that's a good one! I have a 10-year-old that can be bribed with cold, hard, cash. I'll have to try that. I think that would be low enough to still use pins, I think. I've also seen customers us magnet business cards.
Sewing Doc Machine Service & Academy I've heard that on older computerized machines that magnets can cause a problem. I have a Pfaff Creative 1471 (I think it is from the 1980's). Being a "Sewing Doc" do you know if that's true?
@@pamelatruesdell6002 that's a great question. It is true that really strong magnets can bother machine computers, but anything like a refrigerator magnet or a magnetized seam give will not bother it one bit. It would have to be something like a rare earth magnet or industrial strength. So no worries about that!
Sewing Doc Machine Service & Academy Thanks SEW much!!!
Pamela Truesdell you got it!
If you have a computerized machine, set the stitch width to 5.5 and you will get an accurate 1/4” seam. Try it.
Where do you measure from? The edge of the foot? I have a Janome S9 that allows me to adjust the width.
BANDAID yes. The edge of the foot. My machine is a Janome also.
BANDAID line up the straight edge of your fabric to the edge of the foot and sew with the stitch width at 5.5 which will move the needle and will make an accurate 1/4” seam.
👍👍😁thanks
Fabulous Post-It tip!!! i can never get blue tape to line up when i try to stack it up!!
what if you don't have the ideal seam guide
My juki f600 will not go to 5.5, it always goes from 5.4 to 5.6 it skips 5.5 every time.
Thank you so much for this video! It's been so helpful!!
The link to the Seam gauge doesn’t work 😢
stores.sewverysmooth.com/ideal-seam-gauge/
Where can one purchase the purple seam guide gauge? Please and thank you.
Up near the top of the info click where it says SHOW MORE and it drops open a link to where to purchase the gauge guide.
My fabric likes to move to the left. Away from the guide. What could be the problem?
Hi Valerie, has your machine been serviced recently (within the last year or two)? I would start with checking the presser foot. It should on the feed dogs, and sit straight. If not, take it off and put it back on, and make sure the screw is tight enough. Some of my customers will put a foot on their machine from a different machine, and they don't sit on the feed dogs correctly, so that will pull the fabric. Also, if the feed dogs are too high or unbalanced, or if your presser foot bar is out of alignment, it will pull your fabric. Those are issues that are solved with routine service.
Doesn't everyone's fabric move constantly?
@@stacyw3250 should move straight back. Not to the side
Is a scant 1/4 a thread narrower?
Yes, literally just about a thread narrower.
I use a strange little gadget that looks like a tiny zipper and it works great. I don't have to keep looking at it, instead of enjoying sewing 😊
I just bought the Singer one that has the scant 1/4 inch……it’s a lot less than this one.
If you layer your tape, it does the same thing as your sticky notes.
I won't use the 1/4 inch foot, I had put it on the machine and forgot and tried to use a zigzag stitch. Broke the needle. I have numb hands and tried to change the needle and it fell inside the machine. I had to take it to a shop. Long story short cost me over $100.
I'm so sorry! I know that's frustrating. In most cases, broken needles like that fall to the bottom of the machine and are fine until your next service. But in a handful of cases, I've had to replace the customer's needle bar because it ended up bent from the impact from forgetting about the foot.
When changing my needle I put a post it note over the feed dogs and needle hole. That way if I drop it it doesn't go into the machine. The post it stores handy just stuck on side of machine, so when changing the needle I always have one handy.