Originally Posted by
Chicca
Leah Day taught me a really important fact. No matter what speed I went at with my feed dogs down....I ended up with a total mess. But, when I left my feed dogs up, with the width and length set at zero; I do not have any of those problems. My free motion quilting is still in the very beginning stages, but I have fun and learn something new every time I practice...
Very interesting... I wonder if leaving the feed dogs up has the same affect as increasing the presure on the presser foot? I usually increase the presure until it "grabs" the quilt sandwich a bit on the downstroke. I know some machines don't have an adjustment for this, and it seems like leaving the feed dogs up accomplishes the same thing.