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Old 08-23-2011, 12:21 PM
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Hey -- thanks for the tip -- I shall get some next time I go to town

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I'm going to try it -- but first I have to put something under my FW so it won't slide off the dining tsble. Maybe I should tip the whole table and put a rubber mat under the FW.
At the dollar store they sell the spongy rubber kitchen cabinet liner in a roll. Put that under your machine and it won't slide around. I have a piece under all my machines, even my serger, and I have a piece on the floor with my foot pedal on it - keeps my pedal from "walking" across the floor too.
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Old 08-23-2011, 12:24 PM
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I will have to try this.. Thanks for the information.
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Old 08-23-2011, 12:28 PM
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Originally Posted by amma
I like the tilting for piecing, but prefer the machine flat for quilting :D:D:D
Me too! Tilting makes it much easier to see what you're doing while piecing, however it really doesn't work for me while quilting.
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Old 08-23-2011, 12:30 PM
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I don't have to tilt a 401!!!! It is so easy to see the needle just like it comes!!!!
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Old 08-23-2011, 12:31 PM
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I purchased the tilt table from Nancy's Notions several years ago and can't imagine sewing without it. The only problem I have is that I also have the slide on acrilic extension and it makes it slippery so that sometimes items that are not yet under the presser foot slide off the machine. The extension has adjustable legs all the way around so I can make it higher in the back to go along with the tilt table.
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Old 08-23-2011, 12:58 PM
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Another newbie wants to know - are you putting the blocks on the front or the back of the machine????
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Old 08-23-2011, 01:36 PM
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I never heard of this before but will try it.
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Old 08-23-2011, 01:44 PM
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I'll have to give it a try!
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Old 08-23-2011, 02:10 PM
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I tilt mine and it helps my back and neck. I bought it at a quilt show.
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Old 08-23-2011, 03:31 PM
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I use rubber door stops under the back of mine. Ann
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