Dolphyngyrl

You just need a darning foot and to cover or drop the feed dogs, either throat plate will do, have used both with no problem

Anael

I don't have a single hole plate either and don't miss it. I don't drop my feed dogs, just setting the stitch length to zero. That way they don't move.
Craftsy has some great classes on FMQ I have the one mentioned before (Beyond basic machine quilting) but I recently bought Leah Days class on FMQ and it's fantastic.

GemState

I don't use my single hole plate, mainly because I always forget and break needles when changing the stitch to zigzag, etc. I also don't always lower the feed dogs. Sometimes it seems to give me a little better control when they are up. Maybe I am not a FMQuilter after all!!!

Lori S

I could not agree more. I can not imagine doing FMQ with a single hole plate! Just the needles breaking , and the potential risk to damaging you machine ! Who ever told you that was NOT accurate .

LavenderBlue

Anael - which of the two Craftsy classes did you like best?

grammy45

Thank you all for your advice. Sorry for posting the question twice but I wasn't sure I did it correctly. Thanks again, as mentioned before I LOVE this board. I am definitely going to give it a try (fmq). Happy Holidays to all.

LivelyLady

So true....I ruined my single hole needle plate because i forgot to change it when I used a zig zag stitch....not worth it in my opinion.

irishrose

I agree that you don't need a single hole plate to FMQ, but it sure helps with piecing. My FMQ machine is a straight stitch only machine so, of course, it's single hole and I've never hit the sides of the hole or broken a needle.

Anael

I like the Leah Day Class best. One of the difficult parts with FMQ is not knowing how to quilt blocks and she teaches you how to quilt different shapes within blocks or do a pattern on a whole block or even on a whole quilt. I hope you understand what I mean, it's hard to explain. She's always very quick in answering questions too.

justflyingin

My advice would be NOT to use the single hole plate for the same reasons that the others mentioned. IMO, you need to have it on zigzag...