I am using a walking foot for all the straight lines, I don't think you can use one for tight curves as you need your feed dogs in the up position. To free motion you have the feed dogs down and use an open toe foot for darning etc. I was absolutely convinced a month ago that free motion wasn't for me......but I persevered and one day I got the swing of it, but you need to relax and not worry about it, I stitched about 6 fat quarter sized sandwiches on scrap fabric, (which my dog sasha now has for mats for her bed!!) stitching for about 1-2 hours most days for a couple of weeks! A good tip I heard today when your sandwich is full up, change your colour of thread and go over it all again, and again, upto 3 or 4 colours, that way you are not wasting too much fabric and batting. !Sasha! gimme back your covers.....need more practice tee hee!! :twisted: