A friend of mine was making 6 quilts for various family members and was complaining about how much time it took to hand baste them. Assuming she had one, dummy me, I asked if she was using a walking foot. She looked at me like I was from another planet. She'd never heard of one. Told her to go to the Bernina store and "test drive" one. She ended up buying one even tho she swore she was going to have to go hungry for weeks to pay for it. She got the remaining 3 quilts done that weekend.