I love the option of the 4.5mm thick rulers! They're easier to grip in the hand and feel sturdier than the 3mm rulers. It also means that there's a potential for the 3mm rulers to wedge underneath the foot. This makes it very easy to adjust the height and also allows it some give when hitting a thick bulky seam. The Janome ruler foot (one half of the Janome Frame Quilting Foot Set, mounted on the Convertible Free Motion Foot Set) has a smooth, curved, cup at the bottom of the foot, as well as a spring adjustment for height. Westalee ruler foot (left) and Janome ruler foot combination seen from bottom. Read on to see why I prefer the 4.5mm rulers and also where you might still want the 3mm if you have a low shank machine. Maybe it's unjustified, but as I teach those who use the Janome ruler foot as well as the Westalee foot, I think my guidelines are sound. I admit it, I have a bias against the 3mm rulers. That American is me and I've taught a lot of people to how to use rulers to guide their free motion quilting on a variety of stationary machines. Cutting rulers are 3mm, as are the thinnest Westalee rulers. This was because long arms have feet that hop and because even a non-hopping Janome ruler foot could be set too high off the quilt top and possibly allow the ruler to slide underneath the foot. She didn't want anyone to damage their machine so she stuck with the conventional long arm wisdom of not using rotary cutting rulers to quilt with. Low and medium shanks use the 3mm rulers while the high and high shank special shanks use 4.5mm.īut at the same time there was this American quilter who was playing around with a Janome ruler foot and sharing how it could be used to quilt with rulers on sewing machines. You buy the rulers they sell for the foot you've bought from them. Now, if a quilter were to only get their rulers from Westalee or a Westalee-only retailer, ruler thickness choice could be very straightforward.
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