Old 11-19-2012, 09:18 AM
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Peckish
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Originally Posted by sherryl1 View Post
The bottom fabric feeds more then the top fabric because it is next to the feed dogs.To counter-act this,hold your fabric like you normally would,But,tilt your hand toward the machine.You are forcing the top fabric to feed a little more then the bottom fabric.This takes a little practice but it works.Practice on 2 very long pieces of fabric.It takes a time to learn.
Or use a walking foot, which would feed both top and bottom evenly.

I like the idea of drapery weights - smacked my forehead and thought "Why didn't I think of that?" lol
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