Originally Posted by donkeyed
I use mine in a VERY unique way. I don't have the use of my feet. mine is attached to my sewing table so I can use my knee to control it. My husband laughed when he first seen what I did, but I wasn't about to give up sewing just because I couldn't use my feet. I actually found that I liked it better this way much easier to control and not as tiring.
I used to have a Singer Golden Touch & Sew 640. It was in a wonderful desk/cabinet. The foot pedal fitted into a holder to the right underneath the opening for you to sit. There was a bar that hung down against which you pressed your knee. This was a wonderful way to sew. I loved that machine to death as it's regular sewing foot was a perfect 1/4". Now, the regular feet are wider. It was a slant style or I would have kept the foot for my next machine. I went through a boatload of junky machines before falling in love with my first Janome. Now I have the Janome 6600 & I still keep trying to use the knee lif bar to make the machine sew! :)