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    Old 01-19-2013, 08:45 AM
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    Always was barefoot in the house so sewed barefoot. Now have to wear something due to feet/back problems. Have a nice pair of clog type slippers with arch support. But they come off in the sewing room.

    Sew barefoot or in my socks at a public place.
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    Old 01-19-2013, 08:45 AM
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    [QUOTE=nhweaver;5796786]It has gotten colder here in DE, and I got concerned about my cold feet, then I realized that when I enter my sewing/office nook I leave my slippers at the door. I tried to use my machine with my slippers on, it is an entirely different feel. Just couldn't do it, yesterday I bought slipper socks (with those little rubber things on the bottom) and am struggling to get used to them. What do you all wear on your feet when you are at your machine?[/QUOTE
    ]my sister and friend takes shoes a socks off???
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    Old 01-19-2013, 08:50 AM
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    I hate shoes so I'm usually barefoot, winter or summer. In extreme cases when my feet are just freezing I have a pair of fleece socks I'll wear, comfy and loose. I was ALWAYS barefoot as a kid and have some nasty scars on one of my feet where I stepped on a broken bottle and sliced my foot open right where the big toe meets my foot and also my iner arch. Had to have many, many stitches and still remember it to this day.....yet I still never wear shoes if I can help it. I'll even run out to the car barefoot in the winter if I need something, it's such a waste of time to put on socks and shoes for a 30 second trip outside.

    It doesn't feel right pushing the pedal with anything on my feet, I feel like a clod if I try to sew with my shoes on. Maybe it's all in my head but socks and shoes make me feel so confined.
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    Old 01-19-2013, 08:52 AM
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    Either barefoot or now that it cold, socks. Don't have a problem with socks
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    Old 01-19-2013, 09:06 AM
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    Put me on the socks or barefoot list. I feel like I have better control with my foot pedal.

    Never have been much of a shoe person anyway.
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    Old 01-19-2013, 09:12 AM
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    As a child I had to wear surgical boots in white . Soul key my parents understood why they were always dirty.When I went into the house just took boots off. Since then when I come home I take off my shoes and never put anything on. I even nip to car go into garden and to neighbours without shoes. I hate shoes inside. Socks well I may in very -0 degrees cold but at night I always have feet outside the covers no socks. I not only like using sewing machine without shoes but I do prefer to drive without shoes but it is illegal so I don't.
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    Old 01-19-2013, 09:20 AM
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    As a Vermonter I have very cold floors much of the year, so I'm rarely barefoot. Also as I've aged it has become uncomfortable to walk without something on my feet. I think it's collagen loss in your feet. Anyway, I occasionally sew on my Janome' smooth plastic pedal in the summer without shoes, but the Featherweight has two bumps that I think really hurt the ball of my foot without shoes. So do you all drive a car barefoot, too? Isn't that pretty much the same thing? I just don't get it. Guess it's all what you get used to. Mom taught me to sew and I don't every remember her sewing barefoot. Besides, there are always pins all over the place when I sew. Ouch! To each her own.
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    Old 01-19-2013, 09:31 AM
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    I keep my house cool...64...so can't go barefoot in the winter...but have gotten used to slipper socks...never can quilt in a shoe...all summer is barefoot time for me...and as much of spring and fall as I can.
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    Old 01-19-2013, 09:34 AM
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    Originally Posted by GemState
    Socks in winter, barefoot in summer.
    This is me! (And so many others!)

    I don't like wearing shoes in general...last thing I put on before I leave the house and first thing I take off when I get home! So it's only natural that I sew with either bare feet or socks.
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    Old 01-19-2013, 09:52 AM
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    I have to "feel" my foot pedal, I barefoot it or wear a thin runners sock.
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