September 2 – Day 2 – Susan Arnold – Joining Binding the Easy Way – ĭay 3 – September 3 – Angie Wilson – Fussy cutting tips and techniques – September 4 – Day 4 – Andi Stanfield – No-Mark HST: Let your machine be your guide – /no-markings-know-your-sewing-machine <<- you are here!ĭay 5 – September 5 – Bobbie Gentili – Say YES to Y-seams – Please follow the rest of the 2019 Back To School Blog Hop! Note that these industry peeps are all over the country and world, so be patient if you don’t see their post first thing in *your* morning! Week 1 of the Back to School Blog Hopĭay 1 – September 1 – Sam Hunter: Sewing Long Seams Without Stretching – Quilting tutorials on the Back to School Blog Hop hosted by Learn the markings on your machine’s bobbin case and extension table so that you can quilt with confidence.
Purchase a quarter-inch foot to maintain a consistent seam allowance. Improving accuracy when sewing along the diagonal of a square will help us enjoy the quilt-making process, especially for those patterns that call for a bunch of half-square triangles. Marking is not necessary if you get to know your sewing machine Now when I am sewing, I know that fabric corners must pass directly over that noted marking in order to be sewn straight and true. Once the ruler was in place, I made a note of which marking lined up with my needle. My plastic extension table included an adhesive ruler. This way everything stays straight and I know I am piecing accurately.ĭo you have an extension table on your sewing machine? This is another helpful addition to the basic machine set-up. If I am sewing from point to point on a square, such as on a flying geese block, then I position the bottom corner of my fabric over the line on the bobbin case that is aligned with my needle. I use the markings on the bobbin cover as a piecing guide as well. This will help verify that your fabric pieces are lined up correctly.
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Turns out these pieces are full of useful information we can use to maintain our quarter inch seams!Įven if you are using a quarter inch foot, it is important to know where the quarter- and half-inch marking are located on the throat plate.
Learn to read your machineĭid you know there are rulers on your sewing machine? Take a look at the throat plate and the bobbin cover. The guide bar travels along the diagonal of the fabric square and a fold line will be just as visible as any type of marking. It may only save a few seconds, but I am not wasting any time hunting for a pencil or worrying about harmful effects of ink on my fabric. This is when many people mark their fabric. When I am sewing two-at-a-time HST, I need to be more careful since I am sewing down the middle of a square. This is a simple process when using triangles cut from the Easy Angle ruler. I make sure my fabric is touching this guide as I stitch the entire seam. My Janome sewing machine quarter inch foot has a metal guide on the right side. The best investment you can make is a quarter inch foot for your sewing machine.
They have given us some tools to improve accuracy. Sewing machine manufacturers realized the quilter’s dependence on this tiny measurement. If you have been quilting for any length of time, it is likely you know the importance of the quarter inch seam. With either the Easy Angle ruler or two-at-a-time method, the key to stitching is maintaining your quarter inch seam. You can review some HST construction tips in this post. However, I also use the two-at-a-time method if I need lots of HSTs from the same fabrics. My personal preference is the Easy Angle ruler since I can cut from strips with no marking. There are many ways to sew half-square triangle units. Did you know about all the guidance we can get from the bed of the machine? These hints that will help you get to know your sewing machine and lead to a faster process for piecing half-square triangles. Welcome to our half-square triangle study session! The core question today is: how well do you know your sewing machine? We tend to see the big pieces – the needle, thread path, and bobbin.
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