Originally Posted by MadQuilter
Hey cjo,
Now when you use the walking foot, the dogs need to stay up because you want to transport all the layers at the same time. So for any straight-line or grid quilting, the dogs stay in place. Hope this helps.
Right. For FMQ you'll need a darning foot or as some call it a hopping foot.
I was taught years ago that when my machine feed dogs didn't drop down, to tape an index card over the feed dogs with a little slit in the middle for where the needle will go in or out.