Ruler Work On Domestic
 

I found a site on you tube using rulers for quilting on domestic machine. You buy the adapter for your machine. I was very interested. The site that sells the rulers will have then stock at the end of the month. I never heard anyone on this board every doing this. For Janome owners you just got to buy the adapter for the 1600. these ruler and templates are just lilke the ones used on long arms. The site that sell the rulers sell the adapter for other machines. I think the site is Westalee.com. Sorry I can't put in a link. This very great for people who can't do free hand quilting like feathers.

The people at this Australian company are very nice and will answer any questions you might have.

I've only recently began ruler work. I learned about it on Amy's blog
http://www.freemotionquiltingadventures.com/

and trust me, asking for the ruler foot at a dealer will only bring back a blank look :) It has a different name, convertible something.
I ordered mine for my Janome here http://www.boersmas.com/ ask for Mr Boersma in the repair shop. It was $18.00 and is part of a machine quilting set.

The ruler foot is a little taller and thicker than what we might think of as a normal quilting foot. Because the thin ones will ride up on the ruler, bust the needle, and put the timing out. The smaller long arm rulers work best because they are also thicker than our cutting rulers

JANOME OWNERS beware that you purchase the correct Convertible foot set that fits your machine. There is a different with the low and high shank sets.

The Ruler Foot comes in 4 different configurations and there should be one to suit your Domestic Machine. They will be available from our new partner (to be announced shortly) in 3 weeks directly from the USA

[ATTACH=CONFIG]512986[/ATTACH] Our Low Shank Ruler Foot on a Janome

I bought the ruler foot from Sew Steady for my Husqvarna Designer Diamond. It came with two rulers. I just ordered a sampler pack of six rulers and can't wait to get them. The two that I have tried so far work really well. The ruler glides right alongside the foot and doesn't hop like a regular FMQ foot.

I tried it with my Bernina 1530 and an Omnigrid ruler. It was OK but it is difficult to move the quilt and the ruler at the same time keeping the ruler in place.

Bernina are bringing out a foot for this ruler , it will be foot 96 , like anything new you have to practise a little and then watch out , wonderful idea .

Our Ruler Foot on a Husqvarna and a Bernina using Templates. [ATTACH=CONFIG]521966[/ATTACH]
No marking, just position and stitch.

This picture shows the Template on the Bernina

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On one hand this looks really awesome. Those petals are gorgeous. On another hand, it looks like a lot of work to keep both the quilt and template in place unless you have a Supreme Slider and either an extended table or a flush sewing machine. Although the picture looks like it has none of those items. Is there something on the bottom of the template to hold it in place? Anyone try this out?

We would recommend using a small piece (about an inch) of Stable tape at each end of the template to provide a resistance to slip. We use either a Supreme Slider or Sew Slip and yes you do need an extension table if you are going to free motion quilt with templates. There are many videos showing the method on You Tube Google search "Westalee Youtube".
Sew Steady are our US manufacture and Distributor based in Oregon

So is this available to purchase now in the US?
I have a Janome Horizon 7700 and I also have a Juki HZL-400. I'd love to purchase for at least my Janome, and if I can my Juki as well. I went to the Sew Steady site, but I couldn't tell what I need as a starter set...

Your Janome 7700 uses the High Shank Ruler Foot and your Juki HZL 400 uses the Low Shank Ruler Foot, Sew Steady have the Ruler Foot packaged up with a couple of nice templates (one of them a pinning feather). They do have a free call number listed on their web site.

Thanks, Bill! So I'll need 2 different feet, but can I use the same rulers?
Regards,
Kan

I wanted to share that Mr. Bill West has been kind enough to contact me and personally answer questions/offer assistance regarding the Westalee rulers/templates.
He also provided me with a website that sells the items here in the USA:
quiltingtable.com
I've placed my order for the starter set and ruler foot echo guide, I can't believe I haven't heard of these...and I can't wait to try it all out!

Kif