When do you use a walking foot?
#11
I'm in the middle of making a Bargello wall hanging for my step daughter. I discovered that using my walking foot when I'm sewing the rows together gives me more control in matching up everything....probably because it's not stretching or pulling the fabric. I also used my seam guide attachment that came with my machine to get better 1/4" seams when I was sewing the strips together for my tubes.
#12
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the walking foot is not to keep the fabric from moving but to keep the top and the bottom fabrics moving together...it 'walks' the top fabric along with the feed dogs moving the bottom fabric; so any time you want help keeping both even you could try the walking foot.
#17
I love my Pfaffs- I have 3. I've been using them since I was about 14, and not sure I could buy anything else! ;) Ok, maybe that's not true, but I do love them. They're straight forward to use, very consistent, and I don't have problems with them breaking down.
As for what other machines have a built in walking foot, I've not needed to research buying a new machine, so I can't answer that for you, sorry.
As for what other machines have a built in walking foot, I've not needed to research buying a new machine, so I can't answer that for you, sorry.
#19
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What is IDT? Is there a place on the Quilting Board that has a list of all the abrreviations used here? I know some of them, figured out some of the others, but there are still several that I have to sit and really try to figure them out.....I have only been quilting a year and a half and some of these abbreviations - I just don't know. I started a list of a lot of them with the meaning beside it, but there are some blanks......Thanks
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