Originally Posted by irishrose

I cut a hole in the vinyl in the needleplate area and secure it with a little tape, then I spread the vinyl over the sewing area - which is the fold out extension of the cabinet, plus an adjacent cabinet and an ironing board set at an angle on my left. It makes the quilt easier to slide around and was $4 well spent. You don't need the weight of the quilt fighting you as you FMQ.

I know nothing about Bobbin Genies except I think they are silicone disks to help a bobbin spin more freely. I don't need anything like that with the 301 and I have enough other machines with vertical bobbins that I don't feel the need to ever FMQ with a horizontal bobbin.