I used the rubber door stoppers to tilt my machine, and I thought it helped me a lot. However, when I quilted, I didn't have a very wide flat space for the quilt, so I bought a 'filler' for the space in my cabinet for the machine to fit into so that I would have a flat space. However, I think I will be going back to tilting my machine when I do my piecing because it helps so much.