Originally Posted by
luckydiver17
I just got my new FMQ foot last week. It is really difficult to get the hang of! I can't drop my feed dogs, the manual of my machine says to put a plate over them but my fabric kept catching on it so I took the plate off and set my stitch length to 0. Still difficult but easier than with the plate. I hope I get better fast, it's hard to want to practice when it doesn't look very good
Lucky, I've had good luck taping an index card over the feed dogs with a little hole punched for the needle to go through. I just use painter's tape so it doesn't leave any sticky glue after, and it doesn't stick up far enough to catch the fabric.