I have a Janome 6600 and reverse stitch (plain stitching) with my walking foot all the time without issue. I do find the walking foot doesn't work if I am doing the fancy stitches so I have to switch the feet then. I machine sew my binding to the back and then again on the front, so I have more control over the look of the final stitching. I am not a fan of hand stitching...takes too long for me!