Originally Posted by Dingle
Do others backstitch when using your walking foot? My manuel says not to use the backstitch if using this foot. I don't know why it doesn't say. If I could backstitch a few stitches I would, but not sure if I should try not knowing what it might do to my foot.
SOmetimes, when we are SITD, we are going ninety miles an hour ... or just stitching! Then, we decide we want to backstitch and we flip the switch on the fly ... if you take your time backstitching with the walking foot, then you shouldn't break anything ... speed is not your friend at that moment ...
HOWEVER! Having explained that, you have received some pretty good advice about how to anchor stitches from the get-go ...
To recap: Hold the quilt in place for three or four stitches (the machine will knot itself) before allowing it to move forward.
or
start at the very edge of the quilt and stitch across, content in the knowledge that your binding will cross those end stitches at least once and anchor your stitches
or
when you begin your stitching, turn your stitch length down to .5 or 1 for four or five stitches
and, the handwork if that is your choice. this quilt will have been a REALLY good teacher for you, and THAT is a good thing.