Deniseinlv you do NOT need a walking foot to quilt. I pretty much have given up using mine and I still quilt mine on my home machine. And I go a lot faster too. LOL... Having to go slow, and keep tightening the screw, just seemed to be more irksome to me than it was worth so I gave it up. Maybe I'll give it another try if I ever get into fancy quilting, but I don't see that in my future at this time.