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Homemade ruler foot
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I took the advise from another QB member and made my own ruler foot for my Bernina on a regular darning foot. I Crazy Glued a washer onto the foot and when it was dry, I glued another on top of the first washer. It is about 1/4 inch high which is high enough for the thick ruler to ride nicely along it. Is it perfect, no but it is working in all other directions except the back. I got tired of waiting for Bernina to have a ruler foot for sale.[ATTACH=CONFIG]517754[/ATTACH]
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I too have been waiting too long to have something I could work with. Found this blog and glad I did.
http://www.patsythompsondesigns.com/.../archives/5907 |
Very clever. Just one question though: what do you mean it is working well except on the back?
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A regular ruler foot does not have the post or shank in the back that prevents me from putting the ruler there. I can't see to quilt backwards anyways so it is working fine.
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Thank you. Have never heard of a ruler foot until now.
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I tired something similar and it worked well enough but it was very hard to keep it straight against my Bernina walking foot and move the ruler even tho it is an Omnigrip
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very clever!
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The ruler you see is a 1/4 strip of plexiglass I had cut. I scored 1/4 inch lines on it and the white squares are the hook side of adhesive Velcro. The Velcro hooks help to keep the ruler from slipping on the fabric. I also wear my Machinger gloves that help grip the ruler and the quilt.
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My wife has designed a Ruler Foot to suit the Domestic Sewing machine made in Stainless Steel in High and Low shank
[ATTACH=CONFIG]517804[/ATTACH] Available in Australia and the USA |
It looks very neat! My Bernina machines has an unusual cone shape on the machine that fits into a matching funnel shape on the foot so I don't think it would work.
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I love your idea. I too have been waiting for Bernina to come out with a true hopping foot. Might just try your idea!
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This is something I'm very interested in! I have a few extra FMQ feet for my Janome 1600P and I know I could probably modify one of them. Great idea!
BillWest, I have looked at the feet designed by Westalee & spoke to the people at Pins & Needles in Middleburg Heights, OH about purchasing through them. As of last month they weren't carrying them. I have watched several online demos for your feet & may order online. It's definitely a niche to be filled for those of us who quilt our own quilts on a DSM. |
Our Ruler Foot will fit Bernina Machines - you do require a Bernina Adapter Shank #77 from your Bernina Dealer.
Our US dealer is in Oregon, Sew Steady |
Berina Ruler Foot
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Bernina with Adapter #77 and Westalee Ruler Foot |
Good information!
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I just happen to have both of the feet Patsy was talking about for my 6600, now I'm off to buy rulers. I'm stoked!
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My local dealer is going to order the foot + starter kit of templates for my Juki 2010Q from SewSteady. I am excited about this!!!
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How do you hold the ruler in place on the quilt AND move the quilt under the foot at the same time?
I am thinking this would be VERY difficult on a DSM - especially if you are quilting a bed size quilt. I have a hard enough time just moving the quilt on my DSM when FMQ. |
Congratulations on your ingenuity - necessity is the mother of invention. Good thinking.
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Did I miss something? I feel as though I came into the middle of a conversation and am not quite sure what everyone is talking about. What type of quilting is this for? Please help, it all sounds really interesting.
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When FMQing I can do most things freehand but I have trouble FMQing straight lines. The last twin size quilt I did had Sawtooth Stars. I wanted to stipple in the stars but SITD around the stars. I added washers to a regular FMQ foot so I could use one hand on a 1/4 inch thick ruler beside the line I wanted to quilt and pull the quilt along the ruler. I put my machinger gloves on and keep my left hand on the ruler/quilt and my right hand on the quilt. I did not have any trouble moving my quilt and ruler at the same time as I stop to re-position as needed.
As you can see from the pictures of the Westalee foot, it works better then my homemade foot PLUS there are neat rulers to use with it. Yes, it does take some practice but if you buy the foot and some of the rulers, you can quilt on your domestic machine and do not have to mark lines. I am intrigued! |
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BillWest, I have looked at the feet designed by Westalee & spoke to the people at Pins & Needles in Middleburg Heights, OH about purchasing through them. As of last month they weren't carrying them. I have watched several online demos for your feet & may order online. It's definitely a niche to be filled for those of us who quilt our own quilts on a DSM.[/QUOTE] Maggie May, I just ordered a Westalee ruler from Sew Steady. Mendy Tippets of DreamWorld Northwest (parent company I think) was so very helpful to find the ruler that I had seen in one of the videos. Expect to receive it in the next few days. Sew Steady will be a source here in the US for Westalee templates. |
I haven't checked out all the products that Sew Steady will carry of the Westalee line but from the videos there is a tape that can be placed on the underside of the templates to keep them from slipping and there are handles that can be placed on the templates as well. Maybe Mr West can let us know if those products are also available from Sew Steady.
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Our Ruler Foot has a large selection of instructional videos at, Google search "Westalee YouTube" or click here
Sew Steady in Oregon will have every product that we have in Australia[ATTACH=CONFIG]517953[/ATTACH] |
Originally Posted by BillWest
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Our Ruler Foot has a large selection of instructional videos at, Google search "Westalee YouTube" or click here
Sew Steady in Oregon will have every product that we have in Australia[ATTACH=CONFIG]517953[/ATTACH] |
Bill, what is the cost of the ruler feet including shipping? My Bernina emb machine has a dif. type of foot, but may fit the basic machines.
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I forgot, Bill, you can't sell here, maybe you can pm me.
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Bernina are testing a foot now , it will be Foot 96 ...and fit our machines perfectly .
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Try using painter's tape.
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I have a Janome MC6500. I was reading about the ruler foot on a blog and ordered the Convertible FMQ Foot Set and the FM Frame Quilting Feet Set. It works great. Then, I ordered the Sampler Set of Westalee/Sew Steady templates from Dream World Northwest http://quiltingtable.com/. I'm having so much fun playing with the templates and have ordered a few more. The tutorials from Westalee on youtube are great! The only thing they didn't send me was skill, but practice makes perfect. I have never used a longarm or midarm and tried a little FMQ, but have the eye to hand coordination of an elephant. The ruler foot and templates have opened up a whole new world!
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You could use the #75 Bernina adaptor and use the low-shank foot in BillWest's picture.
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