Hi Piney:
You gave Goddess GREAT advice about the walking foot. I just got one for my New Home 8000 and can't believe I've sewed a million miles on the machine making 100 (s) of quilts and didn't have one! :oops: I love mine and know that I'll be doing much more of my own quilting now that I have a foot that works so good. As you said, shank length is IMPORTANT and any sewing machine shop can probably order the foot that fits your particular machine. I think my walking foot was around $20 so they aren't very expensive...the light bulb went out on the New Home and replacement was $18.00! I almost choked as i handed over the 20 $ bill to pay for a tiny light bulb so comparatively, I thought I'd stolen the walking foot at $18.00 :roll:
Feathers