Originally Posted by Beebee
The problem I think may be your tension. I read an article on this very thing and there are two area's where you adjust your tension. One is quite visible on the machine. the other is a little knob on the top. The one on the top will relieve the tension on the pressure foot. Mine, I use a screw driver to turn that knob...Hope this helps..and continue to use your walking foot with feed dogs down.
Just chiming in with a question if I may.....In what situation would you have the feed dogs down when using the walking foot....doesn't this negate the purpose of creating a dual/even feed? From my basic understanding, feed dogs are down when using a darning foot for free motion quilting.