Sephie

I am by no means an expert, but I did recently purchase a ruler foot of the same style as the one that you linked to and I also bought one quilting ruler to try with it and this is what I've learned from practicing on my own DSM with a 6 inch throat:

This style of foot hovers over the quilt sandwich and does not hop. On my machine, I needed to adjust the foot to be very low so that it prevented the top fabric from pulling up as the needle moved to get good stitches. This means on my machine, the foot is stationary and gliding over the sandwich, and is low enough that I can use a regular quilting ruler without any danger to my machine. Obviously, there is no guarantee that this will be the case with yours, but for mine (Janome Magnolia 7318), it works.

The quilting ruler I bought is specifically for ruler quilting. It's the Handi Quilter Versa Tool and I love that it has several different shapes on it. However, because my machine is a low shank and small throat, I cannot maneuver the ruler in all directions. The 1/4" thickness prevents me from doing anything where the ruler would go towards the back of the shank because the ruler DOES NOT FIT under the shank. Low shank DSM users beware! It's super frustrating. Also, because the throat of my machine is so small, I'm purely limited to using the HQ ruler to the front of my machine, and the left side only if it's not going to require me to do anything towards the rear left. For example: curves that require the ruler to move partially behind the shank are impossible.

That frustration is what led me to try using a regular quilting ruler which DOES fit under the shank and does not slide under the ruler foot because I've had to adjust it so low on my machine.

So, short answer: possible It's possible that you can use your regular quilting ruler with this style of non-hopping foot. There are a lot of ifs and requirements to do so (and some risk), but it's possible.