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Use a Rubber Band to Mark the Seam Allowance

Although most machines come with markings that show you the different seam allowances, sometimes you will have a bigger seam allowance that you need to mark and know where to sew. Instead of drawing a line on your sewing machine or just eye balling it and hoping for the best, you can use a rubber band and wrap it around the base of the machine at the length that you need for the allowance.

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This is especially great because then you don't have to worry about marking up your sewing machine every time you have to put in a seam allowance, you can just move the rubber band.