A darning foot (I even have one for my old 1920's singer...came with)...if the feed dogs don't drop...use a piece of plastic cut to size from a plastic lid, or use a regular playing card...tape it over the feed dogs)...and you can use most any machine to free motion quilt...it does take practice.
Originally Posted by
teddysmom
My DD has a Singer that belonged to my DH's mother. It runs like a top but she is needing to start doing her own quilting (cost keeps going up for a LA). She is debating about buying a new machine or getting "feet" for this one. What feet would she need and would she be better off going this way rather than buying a new machine (can't believe how much a new machine costs).