Originally Posted by
Lisa_wanna_b_quilter
Some machines can even backstitch with the walking foot, so you might want to find out. Mine does it beautifully which is nice for some things.
As Dayle said, it might occaisonally work your needle screw loose. I have had that happen. Sadly, I'm such a good I didn't notice for a few sections of chain piecing and then I saw it was not sewing. I didn't even look at anything just pulled out the bobbin assuming it was empty again. For a few seconds when I saw that bobbin with thread on it, I just couldn't imagine what was wrong. Nothing like sewing without a needle to make a girl feel dumb!
Thanks, Lisa. I just loved using the walking foot so much that I thought it would be okay to leave it on, but I think I'm going to take it off and only put it on when I need it. That way I don't have to worry about needles falling out and such. Goodness knows I have enough trouble keeping up with everything I'm doing when I'm sewing. hehehehe