Originally Posted by grandma pepsi
This is a FMQ question. I was told by a quilting teacher that I MUST have a 'stitch regulator' in order to do free motion quilting. (the teacher also owned a quilt shop that sold sewing machines). ... Please give me your opinion.
My daughter bought a Gammill when you could not enter a quilt in a show if you had a stitch regulator. She still doesn't have a stitch regulator. She entered two quilts in Road2CA. One one a 1st prize and the other won a 2nd prize. You DO NOT neet a stitch regulator - it's a real bonus and if you can afford it great, but it is not totally necessary. It just takes practice, practice, practice. Put your sewing machine on the slowest speed possible and that helps sometimes.