Originally Posted by Lisa_wanna_b_quilter
I believe Leah Day leaves her dogs up, too.
Yes she does. On her blog she states the same reason for leaving them up - that the tension is better.
Until now, I've done my FMQ with the dogs down, but on my last project.....what the.... I tried them with the dogs up.
I like.
Yes my tension was better.
One reminder - set your stitch length to 0 so there is no forward movement with the feed dogs. I didn't even cover them.
Just another reason to try everything and use what works for you I guess.