I have resorted in tying the cord of the pedal to the side leg of the sewing desk....tied a twist in the length of wire to where I wanted the pedal to set and tied it to the table leg with a strip of selvedge...boy that stuff comes in handy for so many things!!!!! This seems to work for me.....I tried the no skid stuff, carpet....no luck but this is working ok........I swear this pedal has hidden wheels on the bottom. My old viking had a pedal that stayed where you put it......but it is bigger than this little skimpy thing!!!!