Walking foot and decorative stitches
#1
Even with my walking foot, zig zag and decorative stitches won't space themselves right when quilting. I have to go so so so slow to keep them the same length. And that is boring. Sewing over the even the most innocent seam-bumps basically STOPS the feed - but only with decorative stitches. Straight stitches are fine. What am I doing wrong?
#5
Originally Posted by CompulsiveQuilter
Even with my walking foot, zig zag and decorative stitches won't space themselves right when quilting. I have to go so so so slow to keep them the same length. And that is boring. Sewing over the even the most innocent seam-bumps basically STOPS the feed - but only with decorative stitches. Straight stitches are fine. What am I doing wrong?
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A walking foot is only capable of moving in a forward direction. Many decorative stitches require stitching in the backward direction. I would not recommend using the walking foot for decorative stitches. It could break the walking foot and they are not cheap.
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