Originally Posted by
fireworkslover
My machine (Husqvarna/Viking) will not let me keep the feed dogs up and fmq even if I put the stitch length at 0. The pressure foot puts too much pressure on the fabric and I can't move it. When Leah Day does this, she's covering her feed dogs with a Supreme Slider, but you could use a paper or index card taped over the feed dogs.
I am using my Viking Diamond with the dogs UP- there is a setting, but my issue is that is does leave marks on the supreme slider from the feed dogs. That part I don't like. I haven't tried it on my older model Viking to see if's the same.
I'm doing the practice squares every day, too. I have a special quilt to do, but it seems like forever until I'll be good enough to quilt it, and I don't want to go on with another project. Crafsty has a whole free class with Leah Day you can watch, too.