Christmas Cottage Block and that Quarter Inch

I followed Nannette's tutorial and made a Christmas Cottage block which I donated to the guild's Christmas block raffle. In the process I discovered my 1/4 inch foot gives me a full 1/4 inch and the needle position button on my Pfaff is not working so I can't skitch it over a little to accommodate. And this close to Christmas I won't get it looked at quick and I can't possibly be without my machine and it still does all the stitches like zigzag and buttonhole etc so there's nothing actually wrong with the needle movement per se. It appears that one little button is not working. So I've pulled out a pad of sticky notes and I've been experimenting to get a scant 1/4 inch. With a lot of my sewing it's not as critical because I usually aim for consistency and generally it's pretty good. However, in following someone else's pattern accuracy is vital as I don't like easing in 1/8's all the time. So this is what I think about when I'm working hard at doing nothing. And that's hard work. I need a coffee.

Lovely Stephanie is giving me a flannal pillowcase (from her blog giveaway). Pop over and check out her adorable snow people collection. Her snowman quilt is my favourite.

Merry Christmas!

Shari