Piecing Using the 1/4" Quilting Foot with Guide
This quilting foot can sew an accurate 1/4 inch or 1/8 inch seam allowance.
It can be used for piecing together a quilt or for topstitching.
Select the stitch below, and then attach the 1/4" Quilting foot with guide.
- Guide
Use the guide and marks on the presser foot to sew accurate seam allowances.
Piecing a 1/4 inch seam allowance
Sew keeping the edge of the fabrics against the guide.
- Guide
- 1/4 inch
For accurate fabric placement, refer to the marks on the needle plate or bobbin cover.
Aligning the Fabric with a Mark on the Needle Plate or Bobbin Cover (with Mark)
Creating an accurate seam allowance
Use the marks on the foot to begin, end, or pivot 1/4 inch from edge of fabric.
- Align this mark with edge of fabric to begin.
- Beginning of stitching
- End of stitching
- Opposite edge of fabric to end or pivot
- 1/4 inch
Topstitching quilting, 1/8 inch
Sew with the edge of the fabric aligned with the left side of the presser foot's front section.
- Surface of fabric
- Seam
- 1/8 inch