Originally Posted by
miriam
Don't they make a needle with a spring on it you could use for free motion? Somewhere in my pile of junk I have some kind of little envelope with a little spring thing that goes over the needle. I tried it out once - it is wonderful but you do need a finger guard or something.
Yes, I have one of these too, and so does frudemoo. I tested mine a few months ago and it worked well.
They were a lot cheaper than buying a darning foot.