Using a Free Motion Couching Foot
 

I saw an episode of Quilting Arts on TV a few weeks ago and saw a demo of a free motion couching foot. After searching I found out I could get one for my 27 yr old Bernina that I bought my Mother for her birthday in 1987. Baby Lock doesn't make one that will bit my 7 yr old Ellegante. Well, after all that my question for any of you that may have used this foot or have a method of couching I need to know how you handle the yarn. Do I leave it in a ball, hank, or just wind it on an empty spool of some kind. The photo is my 1st attempt with the FM couching foot. I wound a small amount on an empty serger spool to do this. I am still trying to figure out which yarns I can use.

you did a fine job

Go to the Bernina site. There are videos of many of the feet and how to use them.

I just leave the yarn to the side in whatever form it came in that you can feed off of.

Leslie at Marveles Art Studio, http://marvelesartstudios.blogspot.com/ is a Bernina Educator and has done several posts on free motion couching. They're older posts so you may have to dig a little to find them!

I am jealous, the Bernina FM couching foot seems to be well designed. The one Janome came out with has been a disappointment.

When I do FM couching though, I lay the yarn real loose, pulling several yards out, on my sewing coutertop space as the less tension on the yarn, the better.

Have you checked into the Babylock Braiding Foot? According to Babylock site, the foot is for couching and braiding, and will fit many of the Babylock machines, including the Ellegante's. It does not have a guide attached for the yarn.

http://babylock.com/accessories/?Product_ID=ESG-BF