FMQ on FW?

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12-28-2010, 02:42 PM

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Lacelady

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I bought a very cheap walking foot from ebay that fits my FW, and works well ($25). I have a 222 FW, and the feed dogs go down on that, so I got an embroidery/hopping foot, and it worked well on small wall hangings and mug rugs, but I wouldn't want to do anything of any size, I was just using it at a workshop at the time. At home, I would use one of my other machines.

12-29-2010, 08:59 AM

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patdesign

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Originally Posted by JJs

Well, the FW is so TINY that there sure isn't much room in the harp area to bundle up a quilt and shove it around....

And it's LIGHT WEIGHT so you'll have to contend with it possibly wanting to walk across the table from you as you push on the fabric....

A 301, or 15, or 66 or 201 would all be much better...

For what it's worth, I wouldn't do it. YMMV

If at all possible and if it were me, I'd be scouring the ads and craigslist etc for any one of the others I mentioned.

I agree with you and those machines as well as the 401 would all make the job easier, however the FW's are great for piecing and if that is all you can feel comfortable owning, then they are competent machines, just not the best use and not the easiest to manage. :)

12-29-2010, 09:57 AM

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jkwynn

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Originally Posted by Holice

you mentioned free motion and then said you are doing straight lines. To me straight lines is walking foot quilting. Which are you going to do.

Expect me to do things like that often, because I have no idea what I'm talking about yet, lol. (I guess I thought FMQ meant FULLY machine quilted. Oops.)

I do mean just straight lines. And I think I have a walking foot, but I don't know if it would fit the FW since it wasn't bought specifically for it. One way to find out...

12-30-2010, 02:32 PM

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patdesign

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Originally Posted by jkwynn

Quote:

Originally Posted by Holice

you mentioned free motion and then said you are doing straight lines. To me straight lines is walking foot quilting. Which are you going to do.

If it is low shank it will fit a featherweight most likely, if it is high shank or slant shank, no it won't. Best way to tell is measure the height of the screw hole and compare it to the presser foot on your fw. :-D