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Madam Sew Seam Allowance Ruler and Magnetic Seam Guide for Sewing Machine | Perforated Seam Gauge for Perfect 1/8” to 2” Straight Line Hems | Includes 1/4” Pivot Point and 45 Degree Trim Line

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Is perfect piecing your thing? Do you want more accurate seams than your sewing machines needle plate markings are able to give?

That’s what it looks like. It has two plastic pieces and a small square ruler with grid lines and small holes for a needle.

HOW TO GET A SCANT ¼″ SEAM ALLOWANCE

I would avoid a scant ¼″ if you’re sewing with flannel or other loosely woven fabric that might fray. And from the large number of tools used to help sew straight, dedicated, or improvised, we can deduce how important this task is for someone who sews. Someone has said somewhere that nobody will notice if you are a genius, but everyone will notice if one of your buttons is missing; I guess it is equally true that everyone will notice if one of the seams of your garment is crooked!

The laser can help to sew zippers. Just align the laser with the zipper tape and stitch. DIY seam guides Some sources say that it’s not recommended for computerized sewing machines because it’s magnetic. But I can assure you it can be used with modern computerized sewing machines ONLY if you place it correctly – you can put it ONLY on the metal throat plate of a sewing machine but don’t put it anywhere else – then the magnet can interfere with the computer components inside the machine. But there is no computer under the throat plate so this place is safe. Well, I partially answered this question in my previous tutorial “ How to sew straight” where I showed you what sewing machine presser feet to use for sewing straight. I have a button on the sewing machine – I press it and I have the laser – you can see the red line on top of the fabric. This line always stays in front of the needle while you are sewing and shows where you have to stitch. The light is bright enough that you can see it on any fabric.With this Seam Guide Ruler you can set your stitches accurately on any sewing machine. With the free Magnetic Seam Guide you can easily keep that exact distance when sewing. When the rotary cutter and rulers all but eliminated the inaccuracies that a pencil lead caused, the only thing that a piece quilter needed to learn was how the rotary cutter’s ruler is used, or placed on the fabric. The placement inaccuracies of the ruler dictates where the accurate 1/4 inch seam allowance line is.

I was taught the reason for a scant has to do with how sharp the pencil lead is. Meaning, keeping the lead sharp. A dull lead makes a wider line, and you will have to use guess work to decide where the needle is placed on the line. That guess work is scant. In the end, I just have to cut between the stitching lines using my rotary cutter and I have two pieces like this. And what happens if you want to make straight lines on something big – like a quilt for example? You put it for stitching – and it covers the throat plate completely, and you don’t see its markings. In this case, you would definitely need a seam guide.

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Just drop themagnetic edge guide onto your machine cover plate and it will stay in place.It has a strong magnet and does not move easily. For this seam guide to work, you will need to find some stitching lines that are already on the fabric. Or you can use the edge of the fabric as the first line. Find a small opening on the foot holder. Insert the quilting bar into the opening and slide the bar to set the width of the seams you want.

In the middle, the seam is exactly ¼″ away from the drawn line. It’s an accurate ¼″ seam allowance.

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Fifth– you can use the guide for topstitching close to the edges or making ¼ in seam allowances. Place the guide like this: place the shaped edge on the side of the presser foot. The shaped edge accommodates the foot and you can easily stitch quite close to the fabric edge. I have tried to remember to press the seam allowance to one side. But this bulky seam fabric makes quilting extremely difficult, and painful if you are hand quilting. And a lot of long arm sewing machine quilters find that bulky seam causes irregular quilting stitches. So, I continue to press my seams open. If your machine does not have a dedicated ¼″ foot you will need to measure where the ¼″ seam lines up with your most common presser foot. During sewing, run the edge of the fabric exactly along the seam guide and you will get a perfectly straight stitching line.

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