I purchased a walking foot for the machine yesterday and a quarter in patchwork presser foot this morning. I don't do much FMQ so not having the feed dogs drop won't be an issue. I thought, though, I did see somewhere that they do drop, but it also may have been a different model (maybe the model 15). I was tossed up between the 15 and 201 when looking. The model 15 has a slightly smaller harp size. These old Singers have such a gorgeous design (looks and function), that I just had to have one.