Originally Posted by
Sweetpea46
Stephanie,
Can you tell me what you mean by you "do not cover my feed dogs" and how do you release all the pressure on the foot? Thanks!
Covers were made for the feed dogs on the FW and many other machines. I have these covers, however using them takes up a little space over the feed dogs, so I do not use them, nor do I use a business card or anything else over my feed dogs. Instead, by setting my stitch length at zero, it sort of negates the action of the feed.
On the top of the machine, right over the pressure foot, is a screw. By turning the screw anti-clockwise, the pressure on the foot is lessened. Do not remove the screw; rather, keep turning it until the quilt sandwich can easily move under your darning foot.