I would like to try machine quilting on my Pfaff Creative. The book I'm reading on machine quilting says to use a walking foot -- I looked in my Pfaff manual, and saw nothing about a walking foot. I called a local Pfaff dealer, and the person told me that I should have one "built in" to my machine. I don't know what this means. Does it mean I can just go ahead and quilt with the regular presser foot? I don't have to do anything different? Any advice appreciated.

Pfaff machines are built with IDT. If you look at the presser foot on your machine you will see a black handle looking thing that hooks underneath where the presser foot is. That is the built in walking foot. If you are going to do stitch in the ditch you don't have to do anything different. I would probably use a 1/4" foot. If you don't understand let me know.

IDT (or dual feed foot) is great for piecing, but a walking foot is still the best way to quilt as it feeds 3 layers, not 2. You will have better results quilting with a walking foot over a dual feed foot.

Never heard of that. I thought the whole purpose of the IDT is that you DON'T need to attach an accessory foot. BTW: no walking foot is listed with the 7570

http://www.pfaff.com/global/4156.html

I have the 7550 and when I engage the built-in walking foot, I never have puckers. It works well with the Stitch-in-the-ditch foot too.

You won't need a walking foot if you have an IDT, which I'm sure you would have with your Pfaff machine....thats all you need.

I have a Pfaff 7570 and I don't need a Walking Foot for SID quilting!

Have not found this to be true for me. I have quilted on my old Pfaff1741 and Quilt Expression and like the dual feed much better than the walking foot I have used on Janome's at our Project Linus clubhouse.

Thanks for your reply. I will take a good look at my machine this evening and see if I completely understand.

I hate to disagree with you but, the IDT is the walking foot. You can use any foot with it that you want to. With the walking foot you can only use the regular foot to quilt!

I have the dual feed also and it's recommended to use a walking foot for anything over 2 layers(i.e. quilting).