[I have used a walking foot. It helped when quilting with a thick batt, but I couldn't use it for piecing. I just wasn't comfortable using it for that. I had read about using it for matching plaids, so I thought it would help me keep the quilt pieces together. It didn't. It made my problem worse. I'll just look for that foot with a flange when I get a chance. I 'll probably have to order it. The only quilt shops with which I'm familar are on the other side of San Antonio, over 25 miles of city traffic. It's Walmart or Hobby Lobby on this side of town. Even Hancock Fabrics on this side of town has closed, not that they had that much of a choice, anyway.