Originally Posted by nor'easter
I believe the stitch length can get messed up when using a walking foot if you don't allow the feed dogs (both the machine dogs and the foot dogs) to do all the work. In other words, if there is drag on the quilt sandwitch pulling it away from the needle or if you are pushing the sandwich into the needle, the stitches will become distorted.
So...how do you fix the messed up walking foot? I probably did mess it up (wouldn't surprize me in the least), but have tried using it many times lately just on a sample sandwich...which I know for a fact is not pulling or dragging...still teeny tiny stitches.