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Old 12-17-2015, 04:21 AM
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Not all walking feet are created equal. I have two Bernina machines, each with a walking foot. The older machine and walking foot does a wonderful job on straight line work but has some issues with the serpentine stitch. The newer machine and walking foot are different. The walking foot comes with 3 sole plates and each sole plate has a specific use. It does the serpentine stitch and other decorative stitches (forward moving stitches) beautifully. So, my choice of which to use depends on the outcome I am looking for. And, as mentioned before, speed is not a friend when using the walking foot.
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Old 12-17-2015, 05:18 AM
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Jacque Gering is the queen of the walking foot in my opinion. Great class on Craftsy
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Old 12-17-2015, 06:34 AM
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I use my walking foot for straight stitching only.
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Old 12-17-2015, 06:59 AM
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I use walking foot for many different stitches like the serpentine stitch with no problem,but no idea what is going wrong with yours.
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Old 12-17-2015, 02:39 PM
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Originally Posted by Nammie to 7 View Post
A walking foot is used when stitching straight lines -- don't think it liked the curves.
Jacquie Gehring (sp?) has two classes in Craftsy and she does a lot of gentle curves with her walking foot. I think the key is to go slow. Now speed wouldn't cause the kind of problems the OP reported. I use mine to sew fancy stitches too and the ONLY thing mine will not do is sew any stitch that requires backward motion. Everything else works fine. I wonder if the thread jumped track or something else went haywire.
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