If you’re new to quilting you may already be familiar with a quarter inch seam. Let’s look at the presser feet that make it easier to sew a consistent quarter inch seam.

Why Your Quarter Inch Foot Matters Most in Quilting

A quarter inch seam is one of the most critical subjects in quilting. There are ways to help you be consistent and some of them don’t involve presser feet. However, using a presser foot, made for your machine, will help you to maintain that quarter inch seam. Let me show you why your quarter inch foot matters most in quilting.

Types of Quarter Inch Feet

Generally, there are two types of quarter inch presser feet. They are the plain quarter inch foot and the quarter inch foot with guide.

Quarter Inch Foot

A normal quarter inch foot allows you to sew a consistent quarter inch seam if you line it up the right side of the foot with the right side of your fabric. The distance between the needle and the edge of your quarter inch foot is a quarter of an inch. You need to keep an eye on the right side of your fabric as you sew, but using this type of quarter inch foot will greatly help you in sewing a consistent quarter inch seam.

Quarter Inch Foot with Guide

Many machines also offer a quarter inch foot with guide. The guide allows you to run the right side of your fabric up against the guide. The advantage in using this foot is you won’t slide off the right side of your fabric as much.

However, the disadvantage to using a quarter inch foot with guide is you can easily run your fabric up the side of that guide therefore eradicating your quarter inch seam. As long as you keep an eye on the guide, you will be ok.

Final Thoughts

Sewing a consistent quarter inch seam will help create blocks of equal size. This is helpful when sewing your rows and quilt top together. You notice that I didn’t say a perfect quarter inch seam. Perfection is overrated and fabric is mobile, meaning it can stretch when you need it to. It is much more important to be consistent.

Make sure you purchase a quarter inch foot that is made for your sewing machine. That way, you know it will fit and you won’t have to adjust your needle position to attain a quarter inch seam.

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