JediMom's post reminded me of a subject I have been thinking about now and then. The favorite for free motion quilting and embroidery tends to be a model 15 and for a long time I thought central bobbin (vertically set) was the best way to go. However, I have heard expert quilters say you can do it on any old machine, it doesn't have to be anything special. All the old manuals show pictures of the neatest work done on both the old 128 and 99, as well as most of the old brands too.
Here's a guy who have bothered to sit down and find a way about it; fmq on a
VS2, fmq on a
66,
W&W No. 9. There's a lady doing impressive work on an old 66 in
this video. Most of the work is probably to get to know our machine and how to make it work, even the long bobbin models can do this. I need a new darning foot
