Originally Posted by
ArchaicArcane
Also, it's not necessary to lower feed dogs (or raise/cover the plate) to FMQ. Some people don't do it even if they can lower them.
Just set your stitch length to 0.
http://www.daystyledesigns.com/doiha...myfeeddogs.htm - Leah Day doesn't, and she's pretty well respected in the FMQ arena.
True, but the Athena 2000 has those rubber feed dogs, so I don't know how they might hold up.