Rhonda..this is gonna sound silly but I can't stand to sew with my shoe on *L* I can with a sock on. I have to feel the pedal under my foot to control the pressure to adjust my sewing speed on the machine. I drove barefoot alot when I was pregnant...my feet would swell up so bad..I carried both my girls through the summer, one was born the end of Sept and the other the 1st week of Nov..luckily my son was born in May. crafty_linda_b