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12-07-2011, 06:05 AM

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Sunnye

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Oh, well. I hope you get the point!

12-07-2011, 06:45 AM

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nativetexan

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i took a class and we were told to leave ours up. did and it worked. i usually put mine down but not always. just depends on how things are working.

12-07-2011, 06:49 AM

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Maresan

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Leah Day's website is great and it works with feed dogs up.

12-07-2011, 08:07 AM

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TerryQuilter

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Since watching a Lea Day tute, I keep my feed dogs up and put my stitch length at 0--it works great. I prefer this to dropping the feed dogs.

12-07-2011, 03:46 PM

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sewlo

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thanks, I checked out Leah Day's site and read her note on feed dogs, it was interesting.

12-07-2011, 03:58 PM

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Tink's Mom

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As long as you dial your stitch length to 0 so they aren't moving...why not?

12-08-2011, 07:01 AM

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I'm no expert, but have had good results with slow motion free motion / feed dogs up / walking foot on. I have no idea if this is a no-no, but my sample turned out nice.

Sunnye: is this the link you were going for?
Because yup, if you check out Leah's Free Motion Quilting Project, she addresses the issue:
http://freemotionquilting.blogspot.c...-question.html
Plus you'll get mega inspiration from all her fabulous work!

Last edited by BuzzinBumble; 12-08-2011 at 07:09 AM.

12-08-2011, 07:22 AM

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patchsamkim

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Yes, on most machines you can leave the feed dogs up...I usually drop them when I am doing stippling, meandering but when doing designs, I will leave the feed dogs up as I feel I have more control.

12-08-2011, 07:57 AM

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happymrs

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Quote:

Originally Posted by annesthreads

I generally find the tension is better when doing FMQ on my Janome if I leave the feed dogs up. Still experimenting with my new 201, not so sure it helps on that one.

I have found this also, gives me more control, so I don't bother lowering mine anymore on my Janomi. Now, my Viking, on my Grace frame, has a setting for FM using a spring loaded foot, so I'm sure it does it automatically on that one. I like it on my other one, off the frame, so that works better for me, leaving them up... Try it & see what works best for you & your machine...