Originally Posted by JanieW

I was speaking with a pfaff dealer tonight. he tells me that you can mess up your IDT in a pfaff if you engage it to do decorative stitches.

The purpose of the walking foot and the IDT is to evenly feed the layers of fabric forward. Any decorative stitch that goes backward, should not be used with a walking foot or the IDT in a pfaff.

My pfaff will tell me which foot to use when I select the stitch. There are very few that use an IDT capable foot.

You risk ruining the IDT if you are using it to make decorative stitches.