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Buckeye Rose 03-31-2014 04:48 AM

I sew barefooted and use both feet to hang on to it and press at the same time....LOL

Kittys 03-31-2014 05:39 AM

I found a home made foot pedal mat in a local quilt shop. It's a piece of plywood about 10 inches square. It has shelf liner glued to the top and bottom. It works great. To keep the foot pedal in place while I'm sewing. It would be easy to make.

Onebyone 03-31-2014 05:55 AM

I bought the Pedal Sta pad. It works on tile and carpet. Walmart had the the Martelli No Slip Pad for machine pedal for $12. [h=1][/h]

Nanax4 03-31-2014 06:11 AM

I use a pad like those mentioned above, and a huge rock to bump the pedal against. It never moves.

ManiacQuilter2 03-31-2014 06:18 AM

I ended up putting something heavy to keep it from moving. I am going to try the suggestion of putting a scrap from the rubber shelf liner. THANKS

tessagin 03-31-2014 06:25 AM

Same thing here. I also have a large storage tote that isn't going anywhere buy itself and the foot pedal and pad butt up against it.

Originally Posted by sewingsuz (Post 6652764)
I use a piece of the shelf liner , that rubber kind on my wood floor and it help.


MaggieBB 03-31-2014 07:07 AM


Originally Posted by DJRustic (Post 6653085)
I wrap the extra cord to the foot petal around the leg of the table as much as I can to be able to use the petal. Then I put on of those shelf liners folded under it. It never walks, can't go any where cause it is tied up. LOL Have done this for yrs .

I have tried many things also, Now I put the cord of the foot petal under a leg of my sewing cabinet and it stays where I can reach it ALL of the time.

acjacques 03-31-2014 07:23 AM

Get a tiny piece of non-slip material that is used for rugs, or one of those grippers used for opening cans.

scrapinmema 03-31-2014 07:27 AM

We have wood floors and I use the rubber shelf liner to keep mine in place. last night I was watching a Eleanor Burns BOM 2014 video and she made a sleeve to put hers in.

QuiltingHaven 03-31-2014 08:54 AM

I use the rubberized shelf covering (actually looks like a rubber bubbled netting). 2.99 a roll at Walmart and I use it under my featherweight and my 301s just to keep them from wanting to escape my sewing :-). I cut a piece about an inch bigger all the way around and it works perfectly. Currently I have my featherweight on the kitchen counter (making a 156 blocks and so I work awhile and rest awhile) and there is a piece of this keeping the pedal nice and stable on the laminate wood flooring in the kitchen. Hope this helps.


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