What do you use to keep your foot pedal from moving around?
 

I bought a pedal mat from somewhere and it's a complete piece of junk. Not only does the pedal slide around on the mat, the mat slides around on the floor. Is there something better?

I just use masking tape to tape it to the floor. It works just fine.

If you have carpet, put a strip of Velcro on the bottom, the side with the hooks.

I use a piece of the shelf liner , that rubber kind on my wood floor and it help.

I read somewhere to put a rubber band around it and it would keep it from sliding; I tried it and it helped but didn't stop it completely.

I press it up against a leg of a table or shelf liner non slip on base.or sandpaper glued on base if possible.

I just realized I put presser foot in the subject line when I meant foot pedal. Oops. I wonder if a mod can fix that for me.

I don't think I have a solution for you, but this may help someone else.

I had a similar problem - except that my pedal kept getting stuck under my Horn cabinet as I pressed it, so when I got to the end of a seam, it wouldn't stop!

I tried all sorts of things - wedging books and blocks of wood in the gap etc. - until I eventually hit on the idea of a metal L-shaped book end (a plastic one may work, but more likely to break). I simply placed the pedal on the larger side of the book end and it rests against the frame of my cabinet, but is too tall to slide under - hooray!

You tape your foot pedal to the floor?

I have tile. BUT maybe a throw rug with a rubber backing would help.

Thanks everyone for the ideas!!

I use an old computer mouse pad and that helps, moves some but only have to reposition it once a day instead of every hour

I also bought a pedal pad and it still slides off. I even have a rubber mat under that and it still slides. I have no found the solution to this problem either yet.
I will try a few rubber bands and see if that helps at all.

Dang I miss knee controllers for "power" instead of presser foot lifting.

I have laminate floors and the pedal kept moving so I went to a discount store and purchased a small rubber backed rug. Seems to do the trick for me.

I use a piece of that rubber stuff you put under rugs to keep them in place, I think this shelf liner would be just like it.

These things are great for all kinds of things. I put them under my machine as well. It protects the surface of the table and no sliding, rather its carpet or wood. And, they are sold at the dollar store so everyone can afford them. You can cut them up and use them under smaller things too like coffee cups.

I also use this, but there are different kinds. I use the kind with the bigger "knobs". Seems "stickier" than some of the dollar store kinds. Not sure where I got it, I've had it forever.

I use the vinyl bumpy/puffy shelf liner also under the foot pedal and under the machine. It works. I have also seen placemats made out of this stuff, that would work too.

Mine did the same thing with my Horn cabinet. I'll have to try this!!

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 .

Rubber shelf liner for me. I still have to straighten it out once in a while but not several times a day. More like once a week.

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

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.

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]

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

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

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

I use a patio block. The weight keeps it in place and I need it to raise my feet to a comfortable height.

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For my Janome, I turned the pedal upside down.

I'm with sewingsuz. A piece of shelf liner. I just cut a piece off and tossed it on the floor and put my foot pedal on top of it. It is larger than the foot pedal, but it doesn't slide on the floor and the foot pedal doesn't slide on it, so it is perfect.

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Try turning it around back to front. My machine has a push button option so I don't use the pedal but I did this with my other machine and, as I recall, it worked. It came from a list of household hints I read somewhere.

I just tape mine to the floor. It never moves. Good luck!

shelf liner is what works for me. I get a roll a the dollar store. I have low loft carpet on the floor.

I'm with you on this. My Singer 401 has it and I love it and miss it on my Pfaff QE4.0

I put sticky back velcro on my pedal and it velcros to the carpet. If you don't have carpet you could put two or three strips of sticky back velcro on the floor and then match the strips up to secure the foot pedal down.

...a brick. Foot pedal doesn't move.Ever.

I have had good luck using an old mouse pad. It sticks to the floor and I use a piece of Velcro on the top of the pad and on the foot.