hopetoquilt

Thanks for all the responses. I use the walking foot for straight lines. I have tried the darning foot for FMQ but my results are not great. I am going to try the idea of unplugging the foot pedal. It was also suggested to me to turn the machine sideways when I quilt. I may try that too. The other thing that irritates me is the switch to drop and lift the feed dogs is not working. I don't want to go through the aggravation of getting it fixed!! I guess I will have to bit the bullet and drop the machine off to be serviced and fixed.

judylg

I have a quilters choice machine, it is five years and must be missing where the green button is? Maybe you have a newer machine, thanks.

LivelyLady

A woman at our LQS produces masterpieces on her domestic machine....beautiful feathers and so many amazing intricate designs. She uses the LA for Linus and charity quilts. She obtained this by doing what the others are saying.....practice, practice, practice :D

lalaland

The only thing I can add is...if you discover you have loops on the underneath it's because you are moving your quilt either slower or faster than your sewing speed. You need to be moving your quilt at the same pace as your machine speed to get even stitches on both sides. It's really not as hard as it sounds, and, like everyone says, practice practice.

Also, this gal has created a neat sit down free motion quilting setup for use with a domestic machine. It's really cheap to put together and looks like it would make FMQ easier. There's a part 1 and a part 2 to this process.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g14go...feature=fvwrel

bluteddi

i found it easier to practice on smaller pieces,, i used some thin fabric and made mini sandwiches... for nothing but to practice. My pieces r @ 15 x 15.
I too found setting the speed a bit faster and unplugging the foot very helpful.

lalaland

I look for solid colored prequilted fabric in the remnant bins and use that to practice my FMQ.