Originally Posted by mpeters1200

Firstly, I almost gave up quilting before I got my 1/4" foot. I was going through post-its and wads of tape like crazy. Saw one somewhere and saved forever to get one. I have one with the little blade. I don't sew without it. I am getting into regular sewing now and the seams are bigger. Will be difficult to get used to. Measuring to make sure your foot matches the actual 1/4" from your needle is vitally important....don't ask me why I say that.

Regarding a walking foot. They are, of course, different for different machines, but the premise is the same. It's this big bulky box, usually white, that you attach to the machine. It has a little presser on it that you put onto the screw that holds your needle in. It has another set of feed dogs that go over the top of the fabric to "walk" all 3 layers evenly through the machine. This way, you have feed dogs on the top and bottom of your fabric. I use it whenever I machine quilt that is not free motion, which isn't too often. I also use it to apply my binding on every quilt. Also, I use the birthing method on most baby quilts instead of binding them, I always use my walking foot for that.

If you do a search at the top of this board and type in walking foot, there will be pages and pages of threads to go through, some with pictures too. I'm sorry that my cell phone doesn't do pictures or I would have posted one of mine.