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By Mikesimpson
#10095
I use the edge guides. I'm still getting the hang of keeping everything nice and straight. But it was a cheep investment and it seems to make it a little easier .
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By Cody
#10100
I use them. Use to use just my regular foot as a guide, like stated before. Cheap investment and I find makes the product a lot better. Tight corners can be trouble some. For those I just eyeball the needle and seam to try and stay even. Most times I don’t have to switch from left to right, as you can just turn the material in the machine. Most of the time.
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By John
#10125
Haha yeah. All those feet can be helpful but Im lazy and dont like changing feet all the time. So I just got used to normal flat feet for everything except on welt.
By IvanD
#10160
Same here. I use standard foot for sewing and I made set of feet myself similar to what Cechaflo on YouTube often shows. Basically, big foot without one side and small foot with cut along hole line so I see needle.

I use that "custom" foot when I need to do slow work with exact needle positioning (like making holes for steering wheel cover)

I have all other types of foot but those guides can be 1/16-1/32 off depending how you look at it. Going by edge of standard foot is easier IMO and especially on tight curves I just draw a line with erasable pencil/pen where stitches should go.
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By Revv Up
#10162
I bought a couple of the guides but rarely use them, normally I have the regular foot on for everything but zippers. The hand eye coordination is good practice for long straight stitches.
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