In defense of the Husky name, I’m sure the user was probably at fault here.  I think the problem was she was not particularly knowledgable with the machine.  She didn’t realize she could have adjusted the needle position, and gotten the perfect quarter inch,  the machine is 25 years old, and she was having problems with the bobbin thread getting stuck.  So $700 later, she got a new machine, along with instructions on how to use it.  The sales lady at Quilt & Treasures, Inc in East Longmeadow, MA, made sure Sarah was able to wind a bobbin, thread the machine and sew a perfect quarter of an inch before she left the store. 

Sarah has been sewing up a storm since she got her new machine, it seems she is producing twice as many quilt blocks as she is not fooling with the bobbin thread, or the block getting stuck in the presser foot.  Needless to say, the bad words have completely stopped!

I have had my Husqvarna for 25 years.  I love it.  And I’m still considered “one of the guys” at work, seeing as the same company that makes my sewing machine, makes their chainsaws and riding lawn mowers.  But my quilt blocks always come out uneven, not good for the Husky name. 

This ones just pathetic, and it will be a total redo.

This is the one the really gets me, these are triangles made into blocks, and these two strips are suppose to be sewn together.  That is a lot of stretching!!!

In my quest for the perfect 1/4 inch seam allowance.  I borrowed my Mother’s Brother machine.  I spent over an hour figuring out the 1/4 inch seam allowance, then another hour figuring out the tension, and I failed at both.  Her machine did not come with the desired 1/4-inch quilting foot, and you have to be some sort of engineer to master the tension.  (I never had to fool with the tension on my Husky).

So I went back to my Husqvarna, actually reading the manual this time, and came up with an astounding discovery…They claim that presser foot A’s edge is 1/4″ (a cool 7mm)…

In the diagaram in the manual, the illustration shows a perfect 1/4 inch seam on the edge of presser foot A.  As one can see from the picture, the presser foot is actually larger than the diagram, hence, my uneven blocks.  Of course I have never used the edge of presser foot A to make my 1/4 seam allowance, I always had to eyeball it.

As you can see I can’t use the edge of the presser foot on my machine.  I have to eyeball it everytime.  Some days, my blocks come out perfect, and others, well, they are all over the place.  Bottom line, they are not consistant.

I need direction and guidance, and all the quilter’s tape in the world can only guide me to where I need to be, but it’s when the needle hits the fabric…that is what matters.