Walking Foot Adventures
12-13-2010, 06:14 PM
#21
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Originally Posted by BettyGee
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A walking foot for my Pfaff was $24.99 on sewingpartsonline.com. Hope this helps.
A walking foot for my Pfaff was $24.99 on sewingpartsonline.com. Hope this helps.
I find this really interesting.
12-13-2010, 06:20 PM
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Originally Posted by jfowles
Can someone provide a website as to where to get, prices and how to use a walking foot. I just use my regular foot for stitch in the ditch and it seems to do fine, however if there is something better out there I would like to try it. From what I have seen they look big and complicated. I have a Bernina Activa 135 sewing machine that I love, it seems to me that their walking feet are over $100.00 and I am just not willing to invest that much without knowing if it will help.
12-13-2010, 06:28 PM
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Originally Posted by JanieW
Originally Posted by BettyGee
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A walking foot for my Pfaff was $24.99 on sewingpartsonline.com. Hope this helps.
A walking foot for my Pfaff was $24.99 on sewingpartsonline.com. Hope this helps.
I find this really interesting.
12-13-2010, 06:33 PM
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Originally Posted by Subee
At first I was simply not impressed with a walking foot until I bought a Janome6600P. The walking foot is partially built in and easy to change over. It is FANTASTIC...no puckers....nice advancing...even feeding!I use it for applying binding also!
12-13-2010, 08:00 PM
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Originally Posted by lab fairy
Originally Posted by JanieW
Originally Posted by BettyGee
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A walking foot for my Pfaff was $24.99 on sewingpartsonline.com. Hope this helps.
A walking foot for my Pfaff was $24.99 on sewingpartsonline.com. Hope this helps.
I find this really interesting.
12-13-2010, 10:08 PM
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Originally Posted by lab fairy
My machine has a built in walking foot and I use it for just about everything. It is great for piecing. I very rarely have seams that don't match, etc.
12-13-2010, 10:49 PM
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Hey sewTinker, you are right! What is it about flannel that needs a walking foot? I never had one, did "ok" with alignments on quilting cottons and garments. Now I have the Pfaff-esque built-in walking foot on the Babylock Quest Plus. LOVE IT! But just tonight my 7 year old started his first quilt on his new Brother HS 2000 (which he has to share with his brother). It's a flannel four patch, and was pinned and everything, but still stretched. I thought it was the new machine or him, but maybe it's the flannel. We LOVE flannel, so maybe need a walking foot for the Brother. So glad I read your post!
12-14-2010, 03:56 AM
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I recently bought a Bernina and spent the extra money for the walking foot and I absolutely love, love it!! I pull it out for everything.... I use it for any project over 2 layers or anything that I just can't get to lay flat....I would encourage anyone who doesn't have one to at least try it...
There are some low cost ones out there that just screw on to any machine...they are a pain but made me realize that I needed to invest in a good one esp. for my machine.
There are some low cost ones out there that just screw on to any machine...they are a pain but made me realize that I needed to invest in a good one esp. for my machine.
12-14-2010, 04:36 AM
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My Pfaff is old, dependable and wonderful; but it is old and by today's machines abilities - antiquated. That said, it does pretty much everything I want it to do and with the purchase of the walking foot it now does quilting. I just ordered a free motion foot for it last night, for $28, and now if I can learn how to use it I think I'm set. So for a little over $50 I have all that I think I will need to be a happy quilter. I drool over the new machines when I am at Rocky Mountain Sewing, but unless I hit the lottery it ain't going to happen. Love that so many folks do use, and like, their walking feet.
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