this is a video and i hope this works for you in id'ing what you need.

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that's the name of that company. on the homepapage under PARTS (i think) you can choose the make and model of your machine for reference). don't lose this video page. i don't know how to get back here. i just save this page.

I love your attitude!!!

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Is your little lever above needle moved to zipper position? Some singers have that little lever when using zipperaytaxhmrny

Is your needle bent?

Be sure your feed dos are dropped and try moving your quilt sandwich a little slower

Try calling the Singer Rep in your area if you can't figure it out.

Chocolate makes everything better doesn't it?! :lol:

My face is sure red right now! The foot is hitting the darning plate and that's what's making the noise. I took a piece of material and folded it several times and was putting it between everything that moved that could possibly touch something else. When I put the folded material between the inside edge of the foot and plate the sound stopped. The 3 layers of the quilt isn't thick enough to stop the noise. I ordered 2 new feet this morning so I'm hoping maybe they won't make that annoying sound! If they don't then I guess I can wear earplugs when I want to quilt. LOL!!

I'm so glad you figured it out !!!! You saved lot of $$$$$$. The repair man would have cleaned it & charged you for that!

I'm glad you figured out the source of the noise. You could try putting the regular needle plate back on and setting your stitch length to "0." The regular needle plate may be quieter than the darning plate.

It isn't an absolute requirement that you drop or cover your feed dogs - it just removes some friction to do so.

I have long wanted a vintage darning foot for my favorite 15 and I finally got it a few months ago - ohmigosh, that thing makes a racket like you wouldn't believe!!! It sounds like the machine is beating itself to death. :shock:

Hope you can get a lot of quilting done now. :)

Thanks everybody for trying to help me figure out what the heck was going on. You're the best!! :-)

Maybe I'll see just how much drag there is without the darning plate on. I know the "beating itself to death" sound quite well. LOL!!

Is this the first time you have tried to use the foot, or have you been able to use it in the past and this just now started happening?

Thinking that maybe it's a bum foot, if it's the first time you are using it.

Maybe you are putting it on wrong?

Hard to tell when your not there to see it.

Wow, you figured out what was wrong! Yay for you. Go get another chocolate chip cookie as a reward ... maybe even two. You worked hard for them!

I think I finally figured out what was happening. It was the foot hitting the darning plate.

I like the way you think! LOL!! :thumbup:

Is the wire that slips over the up and down lever in place? If it isn't that would change the angle.

:thumbup: :-D I'm loving this response :D :thumbup:

Have you put another NEW needle in, just in case that needle is bent? Just a thought. Good luck. :):):)

I you used it before and it worked fine, either the needle must be bent or the sandwiching is just too thick, but I would bet it is the needle - try a new needle.

I did have the wire in the right place but that gives me an idea. Wonder how it would work if I bent that wire just a bit. Hmmmmm.....

This is what I am thinking. I thought the needle was having issues, when really I needed to turn the bar to the back. I used a Big Foot FMQ attachment. With a walking foot the bar rests on top of the needle thumbscrew.

I usually don't bother with darning plates. Just set my stitch length to zero - that stops the feeddogs from pulling the fabric thru.