I did try this for some practicing on a design for my background. I discovered quickly that the cord to my foot control isn't long enough to reach from the side (now the back of the machine), to the floor. I just took a covered box of fabric and stuck under the foot. It's a bit high w/ one foot on the box and the other on the floor, but I can get used to it, I think. The process worked great, and I'm wondering why I didn't think of this before.