Get this skill under your belt and quilt sewing is so much more fun!

Thread + fabric choices can also be the bane of the perfect finished block. Test blocks are important to achieve this "calibration" of needed choice between scant/full. Such a great tutorial.

@ZenChicQuilting

2 жыл бұрын

absolutely- even if I change machines I have to calibrate that perfect seams again

Great tips - I wasn’t of aware of the blocking tip.

@ZenChicQuilting

3 жыл бұрын

I'm glad to could take something out of the tips

Super easy to follow. Thank you

Love the cardboard idea! Thanks!!

I love the tip on enlarging a slightly too small block at the 9:13 mark. Thank you!

Danke. Das ist eine tolle Hilfe.

@ZenChicQuilting

3 жыл бұрын

Das freut mich!

The cardboard that you can flip away from the plate is a good idea which I might use smoother surfaced card for. Also the resizing by dampening and pinning I've not seen before 😊

@ZenChicQuilting

10 ай бұрын

I'm glad you found the tips useful! Using smoother surfaced card sounds like a great tweak. Happy crafting! 😊

Thank you for this tutorial. Brigitte makes everything seem doable. Love her calm and gentle ways.

@ZenChicQuilting

3 жыл бұрын

awww, thank you!

Very nice. I do find that how I press the blocks also changes the size.

Very nicely explained. I've just returned to quilting after a very long absence and I'm definitely struggling with the 1/4" seam. Thank you.

Thank you! The 1/4" seam has been my struggle this week. I am a novice and this video has been a great help!

Great idea using the cardboard, why didn’t i think of that?

Thanks so much that is the best tip for 1/4 inch or scant tip I have ever had ! have a good week !

@ZenChicQuilting

3 жыл бұрын

You are welcome, and thank you for the kind feedback!

I wish I'd seen this a couple weeks ago for a too-small block! LOL I made it work, but this would have been better. Now I know! Thanks. 👍😃

I use a similar seam guide to the cardboard solution except I tape a small Perspex ruler next to the needle.

@tamaralane3518

3 ай бұрын

That's a great tip thanks

Excellent tips!

this is great! I enjoyed this... ❤

@taniswilliams6167

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you for your explanation and suggestions for a 1/4’ seam allowance. I love your quilt works and look forward to your alternates for Moda Blockheads 3 each week.

I have a wide/open toe foot. I move my needle position all the way over so the fabric "grab's on the far feed dog. That measurement from needle to edge of foot is 1/4" but because the feed dogs engage the fabric everytime, it's dead on 1/4"!! I saw that tip on a quilting show somewhere but can't recall whom it was for credit.

@ZenChicQuilting

2 жыл бұрын

That's a great tip, thank you!

Thank you so much.

@ZenChicQuilting

3 жыл бұрын

I really enjoyed to film about this topic

Very nice video explaining the importance of this accuracy. I have found as well that using 60 wt thread also helps maintain a perfect ¼" seam especially if there is a lot of smaller piecing of fabrics or if 1 fabric is slightly thicker than the other. Maybe instead of pressing the fabrics to 1 side or the other, I may have to press seams open. I check my guide measurement that I have placed each time I start up the machine as things could shift. I also use a throat plate with a single hole which helps keep the stitching straight instead of the #5 that you are using.

@ZenChicQuilting

3 жыл бұрын

Great extra tips, Cynthia. Thank you for that input!

Hi and thank you for this very helpful tutorial. I have a Bernina 770 with the 57D foot (1/4” with the right side guide.). However, my machine won’t move the needle to the right at all with this foot attached. How were you able to do so? Any advice is greatly appreciated. Thanks again.

Muchas gracias Este video sería de gran ayuda para los que hablamos español si colocaran subtítulos.

Thank you, good video. Music too loud interferes with video.

My machine doesn't sit IN a table but ON the table, and I'm not seeing how to line up a cardboard strip in any way that would make it a secure and long enough guide. I bought a magnet, but my machine's presser foot is too wide to use it at 1/4 inch. Any suggestions out there for workarounds?

@m0ther0ne

Жыл бұрын

Have you thought about using/buying the 1/4 inch foot for your machine? Very few quilters actually use the regular sewing font as it is too wide, as you have found out.

@elizabethc.7189

Жыл бұрын

@@m0ther0ne You know after i wrote my query I did just what you suggest - went to the machine's website and bought the 1/4" foot. I don't think it actually occurred to me that somehow the foot I was using wasn't a 1/4" although I could never figure out how to make it work. Thanks for taking the time to respond to a hapless and new sewer!