Thank you for your responses.... I have next to no room to the left of my machine. From the needed to the wall maybe 2 feet. I have a very small room that I am working in. I guess I can pull the machine and table into the middle of the room while I am working. The foot that I have on my machine does have the spring.. I will have to see if it "hops". The command hooks that I have may hold the weight - I might have to use 2 or 3 of them. These are the same hooks that I use to hang my quilts (60" x 50" not big quilts) when I take pictures... I do need to use 3 of them though. I did try writing my name.. it was awful. I was doing hearts pretty good. Prism99 thanks for the feed dog tip, I may try that just to see how I like it