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It depends on what I am working on. Very use to the pedal but am trying the button more and more since I got my new Pfaff creative sensation.
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luana, yes, you are right about your hand having to leave your work when you use the start/stop button. That's just about the only thing I preferred about my Pfaff over my BabyLock. On the Pfaff you could press the button and then tap the foot pedal to get it to stop. I LOVED that feature. I use the foot pedal for regular sewing, and the start/stop button for FMQ'ing so I get a regular speed, but every time I have to lift a hand to press that button I grumble.
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IMHO the ONLY thing the start/stop button is good for is winding bobbins. I need my hands to control the fabric.
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I use the on off button all of the time - except FMQ. I am surprised to hear that some of you use the start stop button when FMQ.. maybe I have to revisit that. I like the idea of the constant speed... but letting a hand off my project when I am FMQ to hit the stop button gives me a heart attack :D
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I developed bursitis in my right hip and had to much pain using the foot pedal. I changed to left foot but that wasn't very smooth. I started using the start stop button and have adjusted to that. My speed adjust is just above the start/stop button so I can use it easily. In fact my last machine I bought , one of the reasons I purchased it, was because of the start/stop button.
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Yes, and that's why I didn't like the one on a Brother machine I had. Just wish a presser foot lifter was a button or a pedal!
Originally Posted by luana
(Post 6677604)
I think I am missing something. If you use the start/stop button, don't your hands (or a finger) need to leave your work while you reach for it? Especially when I am FMQ, I like both hands on my work when the machine starts, so I use the pedal. When I applique I need both hands on my work and sometimes go one stitch at a time, so I use the pedal. I am very interested in the advantages of the start/stop button because lots of you use it, and I don't want to miss out.
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Originally Posted by Barb in Louisiana
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Each has it's benefits. I tend to use my foot pedal mostly because I like to keep my hands on my fabric. My 1/4" seams are really inconsistent when I start moving my hands off the fabric as I get to the end of a seam. I really enjoy using the foot pedal for slow sewing then racing as I go down an easy seam. It's all about preferences. Like many others I am really enjoying the pressure foot lift when you stop sewing with the foot pedal. I'm not sure you have that function with the button. It's especially helpful with Paper Piecing.
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Foot pedal. I accidentally hit the Start button once. It was scary because I had the machine speed high.
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My machine has a pedal but I have used friend's machines that have the start stop button. I'd much rather have the button than the pedal! When I trade up the machine I want has the button!
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I use my start/stop button only when I am embroidering. I use the foot pedal the rest of the time as I feel I have better control of the speed I am sewing.
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