The link below has some good ideas

http://blog.petitdesignco.com/2012/1...-quilting.html

I use mine for borders and attaching binding. Zigzag for stay stitching edges in heavier fabrics as in potholders; for stretchy fabrics instead of serging when too lazy to take my serger out; crosshatch quilting.

I never thought of using my walking foot for anything but straight stitching......so thanks for the useful links.

Thanks everybody, that helped alot. And thank you so much for this link, it gave me a few good ideas and I enjoyed reading through it. Are there any other quilting blogs like that?

which brother machine do you have, I need to get a walking foot for mine, it is a brother ls 1217I believe.. thanks!

My Pfaff has the IDT engaged for everything I do...regardless. Feeds the material evenly...it has literally been engaged since 2007 :)

Open toe walking foot
 

Open toe walking feet are available for many machines. These allow you to use more of the decorative stitches than you can with the narrower regular walking foot. Check with your machine dealer or google it.

I make a lot of purses. I use my walking foot to sew the fusible fleeced fabric pieces together. It also help when doing the final topstitching of the purse top perimeter. Love my walking foot!

Great thread starter!

Sandy

That's actually the same machine I have. Which part of east Tennessee do you live in? If you live anywhere close to Chattanooga then you can go to Chattanooga's Sewing Machine place. http://www.sewingmachinechattanooga.com/ The employee there gave me a Singer foot and stated that it would fit my Brother machine, I just haven't tried it out yet.


You know, I have never even heard of an open toe walking foot. Have to check that one out, should be interesting!

By the way, can anyone tell me how to do this multiquotes thing?

Never mind this last part, found out how to do it, lol. :)