Originally Posted by SunlitenSmiles
if you put a block of wood next to the pedal so that you can "floor it" and only be going half speed THEN you only have moving the fabric as a variable.
This is great advice!!
Does the 401 have a vertical or horizontal bobbin? I've read that it is easier to free motion quilt on a machine with a vertical bobbin because of how the thread has to make the trip around the hook to make each individual stitch.
Here is an
awesome video showing how Tsunami survivors are making Laga purses (to earn money) free motion quilting them on treadle machines!!!!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8tcy2dse68M
Towards the end of the video you can see the beautiful purses that they design with their FMQ