I'm not sure what the sole of the walking foot is.
There were several things people asked me to clarify. My current machine is a Singer Scholastic, nothing fancy at all. It does allow me to drop the feed dogs, I tried FMQ with little success. I know that takes time to master, I also think that getting a slippery surface for the sewing machine bed will help because my biggest problem was that all of a sudden the quilt would slip and the stitches would become long.
I have tried a walking foot, but I get more puckering than when I use my zig zag foot.
I do have the quilt supported well, though the bed of my machine is not even with the table top, I quilt on the kitchen table.
I have not started my quilting by making 4 quadrangles. That is something I will definitely do! If I'm channel stitching the quilt would I just do one half and then the other?
I have a hunch that my machine, while fine for making clothes and other projects, isn't suited well to quilting.
Anything else I left out that would help you all to diagnose my problem? Thanks!