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seam guide for computerized sewing machines...
I just bought a Brother CS-6000i sewing machine from Wally World and
while surfing the net I came to realize that you CANNOT use a magnetic seam guide on the computerized sewing machines! Can anyone tell me where I can get some type of guide for my Brother that is not magetized? In the meantime, I have cut me a piece of foam core about 3.5 inches long and I can tape it to my needle plate with "painter's tape", but I really would like to find another solution. Thanks in advance for any assistance you can give me in this matter! |
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seam guide for computerized sewing machines...
ScrapNana22 wrote:
I just bought a Brother CS-6000i sewing machine from Wally World and while surfing the net I came to realize that you CANNOT use a magnetic seam guide on the computerized sewing machines! Can anyone tell me where I can get some type of guide for my Brother that is not magetized? In the meantime, I have cut me a piece of foam core about 3.5 inches long and I can tape it to my needle plate with "painter's tape", but I really would like to find another solution. Thanks in advance for any assistance you can give me in this matter! Most machines these days have various seam guide lines engraved on the stitch plate. If you find you cannot see those clearly enough, try filling the lines with enamel paint or nail varnish in a nice bright colour. Berninas used to have the engraved lines filled with red, which was nice and visible. |
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seam guide for computerized sewing machines...
Brother also sells an additional stitch guide foot, that has a ruler on it.
It allows you to use the foot rather than the markings on the stitch plate for seaming. You can find it at: www.brothermall.com. Or try your local brother autherized dealer. -ned "ScrapNana22" wrote in message ps.com... I just bought a Brother CS-6000i sewing machine from Wally World and while surfing the net I came to realize that you CANNOT use a magnetic seam guide on the computerized sewing machines! Can anyone tell me where I can get some type of guide for my Brother that is not magetized? In the meantime, I have cut me a piece of foam core about 3.5 inches long and I can tape it to my needle plate with "painter's tape", but I really would like to find another solution. Thanks in advance for any assistance you can give me in this matter! |
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seam guide for computerized sewing machines...
ScrapNana22 wrote:
I just bought a Brother CS-6000i sewing machine from Wally World and while surfing the net I came to realize that you CANNOT use a magnetic seam guide on the computerized sewing machines! Can anyone tell me where I can get some type of guide for my Brother that is not magetized? In the meantime, I have cut me a piece of foam core about 3.5 inches long and I can tape it to my needle plate with "painter's tape", but I really would like to find another solution. Thanks in advance for any assistance you can give me in this matter! Some people use a pad of "post-it" notes, that have the sticky on the back. Putting a pad of them there makes as high a guide as you want, and when it gets dirty, you can tear off the top one. Check with your mechanic, but I don't think those thin advertising type magnets are strong enough to interfere with your machine. Certainly don't use the heavy powerful seam guide, but ask if using one of those little business card magnets would hurt. -- Joanne stitches @ singerlady.reno.nv.us.earth.milky-way.com http://members.tripod.com/~bernardschopen/ |
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seam guide for computerized sewing machines...
Pogonip wrote:
Some people use a pad of "post-it" notes, that have the sticky on the back. Putting a pad of them there makes as high a guide as you want, and when it gets dirty, you can tear off the top one. Check with your mechanic, but I don't think those thin advertising type magnets are strong enough to interfere with your machine. Certainly don't use the heavy powerful seam guide, but ask if using one of those little business card magnets would hurt. I love the post-it notes idea! I have always used masking tape in a crunch. Beverly |
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seam guide for computerized sewing machines...
Sometimes I use "re-positionable correction tape" -- Post-It tape -- to mark a seam allowance. Not often, because it happens that the right edge of my machine's needle plate is exactly half an inch from the leftmost needle position -- rather odd, when the machine is metric -- and half an inch is the seam allowance I use most often. For narrower allowances, I guide on the feed dogs and various parts of various feet, and shift the needle positions. When I'm hand sewing, I use correction tape on the fabric. Since it tends to break loose when the fabric flexes or stretches, I use an inch or less and keep shifting it to mark my way. If I need to mark fabric for machine sewing, I usually use a water-erasable marker, but I also have an assortment of pencils -- the most-useful pencil isn't an official sewing marker, but one with a "lead" of real calcium-carbonate chalk, the sort that was used on blackboards in the first half of the twentieth century. (Modern blackboard crayons are not chalk and might stain fabric. Real chalk is a cleaning agent, and quite safe for color-fast plant fibers.) Joy Beeson -- joy beeson at comcast dot net http://roughsewing.home.comcast.net/ -- sewing http://n3f.home.comcast.net/ -- Writers' Exchange The above message is a Usenet post. I don't recall having given anyone permission to use it on a Web site. |
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seam guide for computerized sewing machines...
BEI Design wrote:
Pogonip wrote: Some people use a pad of "post-it" notes, that have the sticky on the back. Putting a pad of them there makes as high a guide as you want, and when it gets dirty, you can tear off the top one. Check with your mechanic, but I don't think those thin advertising type magnets are strong enough to interfere with your machine. Certainly don't use the heavy powerful seam guide, but ask if using one of those little business card magnets would hurt. I love the post-it notes idea! I have always used masking tape in a crunch. Beverly It is a neat idea, and not my own. I got it from sewists on the TreadleOn email list -- a very creative bunch! -- Joanne stitches @ singerlady.reno.nv.us.earth.milky-way.com http://members.tripod.com/~bernardschopen/ |
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seam guide for computerized sewing machines...
You can purchase an adhesive seam guide from either Clotilde.com or
from nancysnotions.com. I have one on my serger and my machine. It measures from 3/8" to 3" and is really helpful ScrapNana22 wrote: I just bought a Brother CS-6000i sewing machine from Wally World and while surfing the net I came to realize that you CANNOT use a magnetic seam guide on the computerized sewing machines! Can anyone tell me where I can get some type of guide for my Brother that is not magetized? In the meantime, I have cut me a piece of foam core about 3.5 inches long and I can tape it to my needle plate with "painter's tape", but I really would like to find another solution. Thanks in advance for any assistance you can give me in this matter! |
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seam guide for computerized sewing machines...
You can purchase an adhesive seam guide from either Clotilde.com or
from nancysnotions.com. I have one on my serger and my machine. It measures from 3/8" to 3" and is really helpful ScrapNana22 wrote: I just bought a Brother CS-6000i sewing machine from Wally World and while surfing the net I came to realize that you CANNOT use a magnetic seam guide on the computerized sewing machines! Can anyone tell me where I can get some type of guide for my Brother that is not magetized? In the meantime, I have cut me a piece of foam core about 3.5 inches long and I can tape it to my needle plate with "painter's tape", but I really would like to find another solution. Thanks in advance for any assistance you can give me in this matter! |
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