I had the same experience as you did Beeflower, when I tried to m-quilt on my Singer 301 without a foot. The book said you could do it that way so I tried. I was able to get a darning foot for it and now it quilts beautifully for such an old machine. I wouldn't want to do anything large on it as the throat area is not all that big, but it makes nice stitches so on a small project it would be fun to use it. :)