I think I am going to try this, or the brick/patio stone ideas if turning it upside down doesn't work! My pedal will not stay in place on our carpet. I have tried everything else suggested here except the velcro idea, because I am concerned the velcro will make the pile of the carpet go fuzzy. I just spent a few hours sewing this afternoon and retrieved my pedal way too many times from almost out of reach towards the front of my desk.

Oooh! Good ideas here for my wayward foot pedal. Thanks all!

The best thing I've found (on and uncarpeted floor) is a car floor mat. Works great.

I bought a slant board and put that under the sewing machine and put my pedal on there works wonderful.....I tried everything but this works for me.

Great ideas! I can hardly wait to try them. I have tried the shelf liner, but it really didn't help much. I'm going to try some of the others. Thanks for the suggestions.

I put wooden blocks, or pieces of laminate flooring against the wall and my pedal against that. If I need to pull my machine table out to allow more room for a project I just add another width of wood.
Phyllis

RUGGIES....As Seen On TV .... these things work !!! My foot pedal is on carpet, nothing would keep it in place...tried RUGGIES and problem solved. If it get threads or fuzzy buildup, just rinse the ruggie, let dry and reuse.

That's what I use. It works ok. I'm wondering I'd a coat of fiber-lok would work. That's the stuff that you "paint" on the back of home made rugs to prevent slipping. I have some and if I try it I'll let you know how it works. There is a spray backing called SUPER GRIP that amazon has also. Ratings say it works great as advertised. I might give that a try. Come to think of it if it dries clear it may work on rulers and other slippery tools. Stay tuned. :).

Museum putty. My favorite brand is UHU; it is white and it comes off when you want it to. It is reusable. I get mine at an art supply store.

Please know that my sewing room floor is oak with a urethane finish.

It works. And for lots of other stuff you'd rather not have wandering around. I also use it on vertical surfaces.

Enjoy the day.

Pat

I don't have problems with my foot pedal moving but I did have issues with it overheating when on carpet. I have thick carpet in my sewing room. Previously I was sewing on a hard surface. I now put my foot pedal on a thin book so that air can circulate around it and not overheat. Am I alone in this problem?

I tried rubber bands, but they keep coming off. And also had to turn the pedal over so a flat surface was against the floor. Then my DH glued two strips of the roughest sandpaper available to it. It isn't moving at all. I need to add it's on the carpet not a hardwood floor. You wouldn't want to do that. Well, unless you're trying to refinish that area. Ha

I have mine on a slanted riser, meant for putting your feet on under a desk. That is pushed up against my Bernina 830 Record in the red case- it's not moving. My only problem, though, is the cord is short and I catch my feet on it.

On my laminate floor, I use the rubber shelf liner. Works for me.

I use a rubber car floor mat. Works fine

Use that mouse pad mentioned earlier, then put a sticky piece of Velcro on that & on the bottom of your foot pedal.If you have a lot of money!! lol!! Nancys Notions sell a Neez-Ez foot Rest, now on sale!! for 28.99. They used to have a wooden one,like that, I gave my husband the picture & he made one..works perfect for me.

I have a storage container underneath my sewing table & it's against the wall. I put my pedal up against the container & it doesn't move because of the wall & the container. The foot pedal for my Juki is quite large though. I purchased a mat for my Bernina 820 & it works pretty well. I like the idea of buying a bathroom rug with the grip on the underside & that will probably do the trick. You also could try that rubberized grip pieces & somehow attach a piece to your foot pedal & that also might work.

Your foot pedals misbehavin'? Make 'em go stand in the corner!
If you don't have a corner, just build one. That's what callen did. Rocks?, bricks?, books? anything!
I use a pillow in my sewing room. It is a fairly large pillow, but one that is not too tightly stuffed. (This might be what to do with all those fabric scraps in your wastebasket. Sew up some trash fabric into a pillow case and stuff it.) Make a "dent" in the pillow to accommodate the pedal, push this against the back wall and a table leg or box, and the pedal's not going anywhere.

In my living room I sew at a "gate leg table", the kind with a gazillion legs under it. I found a piece of heavy rug stabilizer and stretched a long narrow piece under two of the legs. It acts like a sling. My pedal sits half on the floor and the half on the stabilizer. I put the pedal just to the right of a leg so I can use my toe to find the leg, press down and there is the power.

I "had" the same problem but since have bought a sewing machine with the stop/start button and I have not even taken the pedal out of the package. I know your frustration as I had that problem. I tried everything - the pedal mat, a car floor mat, that shelf liner stuff, etc. I have a wood floor and nothing seemed to work. Whatever kind of mat I tried would just slide - very frustrating. Hope you find something that works for you.

Boy do I ever agree with that!! I never use the knee lift because I just can't stop myself from trying to control the power instead of lifting the presser foot. :D

I us that stuff you buy for shelf lining and keeping things from sliding off of tables etc in the RV it works fine on my wood floor.

Amen to this! I have an old singer from my grandmother that has the knee power bar. Given the choice of having that or a needle drop knee bar I would take the Power one any day!! Any sewing machine company reading this?????

That is exactly what I did and it WORKS!!!!!! Edie

turn the pedal around so the cord is toward you, it works for me!

I glued some rubbery, bumpy shelf liner to the bottom of my foot pedal and it stopped the shifting immediately!

My son made a 3 sided wood frame for my pedal to fit in then screwed it to the floor and it works just great.

I have the problem of slippage too but at least as aggravating to me is the fact that the Pfaff cord is too short. I guess I have longer legs than most? My sewing counter is only a couple inches taller than most but I am still not comfortable using the pedal both because it slips around and is never as far back under the table as I think it is. LOL Must try using some of the shelf liner. I have vinyl tile on floor at present.

I just chase it around. Ii figure my leg and foot need some exercize now and then

I use one of those rubber type shelf liners, and it works pretty well, plus I have my second sewing machine under my sewing table, so it can't go far if it decides to wander; otherwise the foot pedal behaves pretty well.

I put Velcro tape on the Pedal as well as on the floor. Works like charm. Flooring as well as carpet.

Wish I'd thought of that. I'm about ready to nail my down!

Neez-Ez doesn't work for me - either on wood floor or tile floor. I think I'll try masking tape suggested above.

I use a rubber pad sold for opening jars. It's not very big, but it works for me. It also keep a baby from sliding out of a high chair ;)

Had the same problem and then discovered the Martelli one. Your foot pedal will not move. I also got the one for my sewing machine and it is great. Machine stays put and even sounds softer rather than the sound on the wood table. You can find them at Martelli.com or at some of the other fabric stores (local or on line). An earlier post said she found it at Walmart. The foot one alone is cheaper than the one in Nancys Notions but there is a discounted price if you buy the machine and pedal one together. Martelli also sells them at the quilt/sewing shows if there is one coming to a place near you.

The only thing that I know is what I saw my 6 year old granddaughter do when I was giving a sewing lesson to her one day. I had shown her how to hold the fabric, where to watch, etc. One of the things I stressed was to sit straight on her chair, with her feet on the floor.... So after a minute or so of sewing I realized she had placed one foot on the pedal and the other foot on the rubber mat that was supposed to keep the pedal in place.. It worked!! So now that's the way I sew also, one foot on the pedal. The other on the mat to keep it in place!! Kids, they have more answers than I would have guessed!

Go to the Dollar Store and get a package of he gel pads. They are small so you will probaby need at least 2 . I have found that my pedal doesn't move hardly at all. They are $1.00 or maybe a little more. My best solution so far and inexpensive.

Forgot to add , when they get dirty , pull them off the floor and wash them off.
Dry and put back on the floor. I have been told they also work on carpet, I have
tile floors.

Thanks for the hint of velcro.

My 301 is still in the cabinet/desk custom built for it in 1956. The power control is mounted on the inside of the chair cavity, with a lever fashioned out of wood fastened by a bolt that acts as a hinge. My knee presses that wood and the machine sews. Why can't some of you or your husbands make one like that for you. You would need a table top and a solid side on which to mount the control.

I use Velcro

Yesterday I put shelf liner in mine and works great, Thank you all!