I put a heavy duty rubber band around the foot pedal and a 4 foot long stick about 1 inch by 2 inches. That stick is placed right next to the two table legs just to the right of the spot at which I like to sit and sew. If there were a wall back there, the stick would bump against that and be secure, but I'm in the middle of the room at a dining table. So I put a second stick just in front of the back legs and the stick with the pedal rubber banded on bumps up against that. My feet can find the pedal every time. Well almost. Sometimes I have to look, but it isn't far from where it belongs.