Walking Foot
#13
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Join Date: Nov 2010
Location: Utah
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I don't like using my walking foot for piecing with cotton fabrics. But... I do use it when piecing with flannel and minky. It's also useful for sewing on vinyl / oil cloth / laminated fabrics that can be sticky.
#14
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Join Date: Nov 2009
Location: Mableton, GA
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I have to say that I have several name brand walking feet that I bought specific to my machine. They all broke pretty fast. I found a nice generic one with a metal bar that goes over the needle bar (vs the name brand being plastic) and that one works great and has lasted the longest. So I guess I have been lucky with generic vs. name brand. I don't use a walking foot for piecing.
#16
The only way I would do this is on a machine with a built - in dual feed system. It is handy for piecing accurately. However, the general walking foot is so slow and clunky that I would get frustrated with the time it would take to get anything done.
#18
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Join Date: Sep 2010
Location: Heart of Colorado's majestic mountains!
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I use it when stitching long lengths of fabric and when sewing a sandwiched quilt. It is essential when stitching in the ditch to stabilize a quilt sandwich and adding the binding. Mine is made for my Bernina machine rather than generic.
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