Originally Posted by
hairquilt
My old Pfaff makes a beautiful straight stitch! IDT is the way to go!
Absolutely! Get a machine with both upper and lower feed dogs. You'll never regret it. For years, Pfaff was the only brand of machine with them, now some others have top feed dogs built in (so you never need a walking foot, and top and bottom fabrics feed at the same rate. Thus, piecing points match!). I know Babylock makes some machines with top and bottom feed dogs built in, and some of the Janome machines have them as well. Not sure if there are others brands now. Just fyi, both my piecing machines have built in top feed dogs. The newer one is a Babylock and the other an older Pfaff. Once I experienced the joy of piecing with both feed dogs, there was no going back!