WM=WalMart
yes, lower the feed dogs, use a darning foot (available for slant machines at Hancocks - and other places)
no, not with dots, I've not found that little bitty dots help much, if you look in the gardening department at WM you will see what I'm talking about IF they are still available this time of year because they've already started putting out Christmas stuff
I didn't move the stitch regulator - it doesn't matter with a darning foot and feed dogs down
I didn't use a design - I used "free motion", which is what you asked about