very clever!
Welcome to the Quilting Board!
very clever!
put off till tomorrow what you can do today, and if you procrastinate long enough, you may never have to do it.
The ruler you see is a 1/4 strip of plexiglass I had cut. I scored 1/4 inch lines on it and the white squares are the hook side of adhesive Velcro. The Velcro hooks help to keep the ruler from slipping on the fabric. I also wear my Machinger gloves that help grip the ruler and the quilt.
My wife has designed a Ruler Foot to suit the Domestic Sewing machine made in Stainless Steel in High and Low shank
Available in Australia and the USA
You could use the #75 Bernina adaptor and use the low-shank foot in BillWest's picture.
Annette in Utah
It looks very neat! My Bernina machines has an unusual cone shape on the machine that fits into a matching funnel shape on the foot so I don't think it would work.
Our Ruler Foot will fit Bernina Machines - you do require a Bernina Adapter Shank #77 from your Bernina Dealer.
Our US dealer is in Oregon, Sew Steady
I have a Janome MC6500. I was reading about the ruler foot on a blog and ordered the Convertible FMQ Foot Set and the FM Frame Quilting Feet Set. It works great. Then, I ordered the Sampler Set of Westalee/Sew Steady templates from Dream World Northwest http://quiltingtable.com/. I'm having so much fun playing with the templates and have ordered a few more. The tutorials from Westalee on youtube are great! The only thing they didn't send me was skill, but practice makes perfect. I have never used a longarm or midarm and tried a little FMQ, but have the eye to hand coordination of an elephant. The ruler foot and templates have opened up a whole new world!
I love your idea. I too have been waiting for Bernina to come out with a true hopping foot. Might just try your idea!
This is something I'm very interested in! I have a few extra FMQ feet for my Janome 1600P and I know I could probably modify one of them. Great idea!
BillWest, I have looked at the feet designed by Westalee & spoke to the people at Pins & Needles in Middleburg Heights, OH about purchasing through them. As of last month they weren't carrying them. I have watched several online demos for your feet & may order online. It's definitely a niche to be filled for those of us who quilt our own quilts on a DSM.
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BillWest, I have looked at the feet designed by Westalee & spoke to the people at Pins & Needles in Middleburg Heights, OH about purchasing through them. As of last month they weren't carrying them. I have watched several online demos for your feet & may order online. It's definitely a niche to be filled for those of us who quilt our own quilts on a DSM.[/QUOTE]
Maggie May,
I just ordered a Westalee ruler from Sew Steady. Mendy Tippets of DreamWorld Northwest (parent company I think) was so very helpful to find the ruler that I had seen in one of the videos. Expect to receive it in the next few days.
Sew Steady will be a source here in the US for Westalee templates.
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