Old 08-23-2011, 07:07 AM
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Originally Posted by Scissor Queen
There was an instant and dramatic improvement in my piecing when I went from an old Montgomery Wards machine to a new Pfaff 2030. You couldn't sew a straight quarter inch seam on the Wards machine, you had to sort of sew at an angle. Even the quarter inch foot didn't help on that machine. It always made a groaning sound with the quarter inch foot on it.

I can't free motion on the Pfaff but I can straight line quilt on it with no problems because of the built in walking foot.
Drop your feed dogs and loosen your bottom tension just a smig, and you should be able to FMQ okay. Jan
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