Originally Posted by
cmierley
QuiltE where did you buy this package? My Janome dealer said the darning foot is the only foot they sold for the 6600. I tried to fmq with it but I couldn't get the tension right so I went back to my Brothers. I will play around with it some more when I have nothing to do. Lol
...........from my Janome dealer! It is just a standard stock item in their store, and still is, as I was there when someone bought one the other day. How sad that your dealer is not familiar with the products that she sells!
When I bought the machine, I told her that I wanted to do FMQing and she said that it was what I would want. So I negotiated it as part of the deal.
I googled around so you could get a visual as to what you are looking for .........
http://sarahlovesfabric.com/category...-shows/page/2/
.....scroll waaaaaaay down and you will see a red and black package with the main shank and the three interchangeable feet. If you are buying/ordering, just be sure you get the right set, as there is one for high shank, one for low shank. Sorry, I can't remember which the 6600 is!
Despite what this blogger says about the plastic being a problem for visibility, I had no problem at all ... and it was my favourite of the three. It set nicely against the quilt sandwich as I worked on it. With this, you also have an adjustment for height, so you can lower/raise the foot according to your sandwich thickness. You want it just loose enough that your sandwich moves easily under it, but not too sloppy (if you know what I mean?).
When I had used the darning foot for FMQ before, I hated the pounding and bounce ... this set up was enough different that it removed that problem. As I said before, it is what got me hooked and let me know that I could truly enjoy FMQ. Hope you do too!