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Sewing at 1/4"

First you want to find where 1/4" is in regards to your needle.  What you do is lower your needle, then put a measuring tape or ruler up to the needle.  Now go to the right 1/4".  Where is that?  Is there a natural line on your machine or foot to show you where that is.  IN this picture you can see that the 1/4" line I have an indented line on my foot.  That's a quilting foot and is SO handy!!

If you don't have a quilting foot and there is NO line at the 1/4" spot, then you need to either draw a line in using a pen or marker or put a piece of masking tape.  You must have something that you can follow....some type of guide to use as you feed your material through the needle.