Originally Posted by lclang

I just read today on the internet where a really fine free motion quilter said that she had all kinds of trouble with her tension if she dropped her feed dogs. So she left them up but covered them with a piece of a file card with a hole for the needle and said it took care of the tension problems. You might want to try it. All I know is what I read. HA It's a cheap fix if it works and doesn't cost anything but a little of your time if it doesn't.